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In the first 10 years it was the cause of 35,831 deaths, and 
in the second 10 years of 45,827, the increase in the rate oi 
mortality being 15’0 per cent ; but with male infants under 
1 year of age it amounted to 32*5 per cent; and for infants 
and young children under 5 years it was 26*1 per cent, 
while for males at all ages above 15 there was a decrease 
of 11 ‘8 per cent. 
The gradual and steady change which has taken place 
during the last 25 years in the incidence of mortality from 
cephalitis upon different ages" will be seen from the follow- 
ing numbers : — In the 7 years 1848-54 the number of deaths 
under 1 year was 14‘6 per cent of the total number of 
deaths at all ages; in the following 7 years it was 16 ‘8 per 
cent ; in the next 6 years 18*3 per cent ; and lastly, in the 
6 years 1868-73 it was 20-1 per cent. The percentages of 
deaths at all ages under 5 years for these periods were 42*6 ; 
46'7 ; 49*4; and 52’8. 
The total number of deaths in each ten-yearly period from 
the remaining non-preventible diseases which have increased 
in fatality were as follows : — 
10 Years, 
1854—63. 
10 Years, 
1864 — 76. 
Lung Disease 
Liver Disease 
Kidney Disease 
Tabes Mesenterica 
Ebeumatism 
Brain Disease 
Apoplexy ..■ 
Premature Birth 
Paralysis 
35,390 
42,778 
21,186 
50,983 
19,840 
43,727 
87,750 
74,670 
91,697 
49,503 
57,001 
27,910 
66,789 
25,415 
54,979 
110,011 
91,851 
111,994 
468,031 
605,453 
The average increase from all these diseases is 14*6 per 
cent, which represents an extra loss of more than 77,000 
lives, or more than double the number saved by the improve- 
ment in the infectious diseases. 
Among the diseases which have diminished in fatality, 
more than 80 per cent of the total number of deaths were 
