Ontario Sessional Papers, 1893, . Brantford St. Thomas Guelph . Belleville Stratford The table shows a decrease of per in a population of 354,004, or a totaldecrease in cities of nearly 400. In Table 8 a comparison of the death-rate in Ontariocities for nine years is made, which shows an uninterrupted decline in deaths per 1,000 56 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 5). A. 1893: since 1886, when it had reached per 1,000. In a city population of the above tencities this means an annual saving of 848 lives. That this falling oflF
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1893, . Brantford St. Thomas Guelph . Belleville Stratford The table shows a decrease of per in a population of 354,004, or a totaldecrease in cities of nearly 400. In Table 8 a comparison of the death-rate in Ontariocities for nine years is made, which shows an uninterrupted decline in deaths per 1,000 56 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 5). A. 1893: since 1886, when it had reached per 1,000. In a city population of the above tencities this means an annual saving of 848 lives. That this falling oflF has been princi-pally in the class of so-called preventable diseases may be seen from the fact that whilein diphtheria alone in 1887 there were 1,786 deaths in the Province, there were in 1891only 955. This is graphically illustrated in the following diagram showing the rate per1,000 for the four principal contagious diseases. Death Hate, per IfiOO Population since 1881. Small Pox. Scarletina. . .ooor .0003. i ^ Ti/phoid feirer. .32 .28 74, .20 .161? 3 » .^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 — .^ CM « •J- 0 0 /- 00 05 0 00 oo g>c oc GC :rj. oc aO uC c; 00 00 00 o5 go v; oo aC QC. oo ..« **? ..-. Wi«« ««« *^ ^.a *«. .«« w*« fe m m- li 1 1 B 1 Diphtheria 1 6 1 .em B Bh m 1 i ^ J s f- ^ s ff tj»j (^ > cu ^ g ?^ 5J ^fc -«: t£ J Ei; :t^ ?^ l^ «^ !«, •^ i :. .68 6*^ J ?i. 60 ^ It .56 v^ c .52 hJ .1^8 ? 4i4« ^ to c ?1 .36 .32 c •>s >« .l^ . .20 .16 .12 .08 04< Localized epidemics of diphtheria undoubtedly were present in 1891, but thatthese were limited is seen from the greatly reduced total of the disease. The followingcomparative Table is of interest in this connection :— 56 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 5). A. 1893 5Si &bC Cq lO COr-l O O O l-H C<1 T-l O •-I o Su O lO I<J CO IS JC^ (M CO ?* c^ la a Oi c^ ^ Si, — 3 O 3. C^llMMCOIMlOTHCOIMIMt- (MlOCOSOTfllOt^iOr-ll^Ol (Mtt<0<M»OOC5iOTH^O f 1 c; ? , ^
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