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TABLE II. - Density of Population, Birth Rate, Infantile and other Death Rates.

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* To be calculated to three places in decimals.

TABLE III. - Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer during the Year 1897

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(Signed) JOHN T. GRAHAM, M.D., Medical Offcier.
31st March, 1898.

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TABULAR STATEMENT of SICKNESS and MORTALITY referred to the Regulations issued by the Local
Government Board for Medical Officers of Counties.

COUNTY OF PERTH.

TABLE I. - Births and Deaths occurring in the County during the Year 1897.

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NOTES.
The Medical Officer may, if he thinks fit, give separately the figures for any Sub-Divisions of the County: in all cases the Total for the County is to be given.
Deaths of Persons belonging to a County occurring in Public Institutions (as Lunatic Asylums, Poorhouses, Hospitals) outside of the County, are to be included with the figures for that County,
and Deaths of Persons not belonging to a County, occurring in Public Institutions within the County, are to be excluded.
"Diphtheria" shall include "Membranous Croup," "Diphtheritic Croup," "Croupous Diphtheria."
All Deaths from "Diarrhoea," "Dysentery," "Enteritis," "Gastro-Enteritis," "Muco- Enteritis," - unless qualified by the designation "Chronic," or by an alleged primary cause, e.g., "Phthisis-
Diarrhoea," "Bright's Disease - Diarrhoea," are to be entered under the heading "Diarrhoea."
The designation, "Other Tubercular Diseases" shall include, inter alia, " Tabes Mesenterica," "Tubercular Meningitis," Hydrocephalus," "Struma," "Scrofula."
The headings distinguished by asterisks shall cover all diseases placed under these headings in the classification of the Registrar-General.

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