NIGHT AYR. MORTUARY STATYSTYCS. 187 
velar ianteely Percentage Proportion. 
Cavazs. = 3 38 23 g 8 8 z 
; Pelcs|>a|ee|28]2]8] 
SS/E2/=2/83)¢1/6/6)¢ 
Se l<_> [Rel os] 
5 a/OA|#/a}s} 8 
Fevers: 
Ordinary, ......csccscseeceeee 32] 38 | 63 | 58 | 16.6/19.7 | 23.0 | 25.4 
Yellow, sssesccasersacsoasaeese 1; 5| 85] 14] .4] 24/127] 61 
_ Scarlet Eruptive, &.,..... 14) 6] 12 7.3] 29} 44] 3.7 
Diseases of Lungs and Heart,...| 84 / 38 | 55] 26 |17.8/19.8/20.1]11.5 
se ‘© Bowels and Liver,.| 14 | 22 | 26] 19 | 7.3]11.4] 9.4] 8.5 
Dropsies, .........cceseceeeseeseeceeees 7) 5} 6 7! 3.6) 26] 21) 3.1 
Diseases of Brain and Nerves: 
Apoplexy and Palsy,...... 6] 4] 38 Gj} 3.1) 21] 1.1] 26 
Convulsions and Spasms, | 24] 14] 21 | 27 |12.6] 7.4) 7.5)/12.0 
Sudden and Violent, 10; 10 vi 9] 5.0] 5.0] 2.7) 41 
Stillborn, weiss cescesvessensees ial (2 e 2 2 1/12) .7| .6] .6 
Childbirth, .......... 2.00006 on 21 81 8 5 | 1.0] 1.3] 1.2] 2.4 
Other Causes, ..........cseccseeeeeeees 45 | 47 | 42 | 46 |24.1)24.7]15.2/ 20.0 
Total cevsssivervecdacss eens 192 | 192 | 2'74 | 230 |100.0/100.0}100.0/100.6 
Gov. Rawson says, ‘The inferences to be drawn from this 
table are that the latter half of the year is much more fatal 'to 
the population, to the extent of nearly one-third, and that this 
is owing chiefly to the prevalence of fevers, including yellow 
fever, which contributed one-third to the excess.” 
“These islands are, without exception, remarkably healthy. 
They are free from, and are seldom visited by epidemic diseases. 
Intermittent fevers, which prevail to so great an extent on the 
neighboring continent, are comparatively infrequent here, and 
usually assume a mild form. During the last thirty-five years, 
Nassau has been visited by the cholera but once, viz.: in 1852; 
by small-pox in 1845 and 1860, when it was introduced in both 
