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NORTHERN DISTRICT.

TABLE I. - BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1891.

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NOTES.

Deaths of persons belonging to the District occurring in Public Institutions (as Lunatic Asylums,
Poorhouses, Hospitals) outside of the District are included with the figures for the District, and deaths of
persons not belonging to the District, occurring in Public Institutions within the District, are excluded.

"Diphtheria" includes "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 entered under the heading "Diarrhoea."

The designation, "Other Tubercular Diseases," includes, inter alia, " Tabes Mesenterica," "Tubercular
Meningitis," Hydrocephalus," "Struma," "Scrofula."

The headings distinguished by asterisks cover all diseases placed under these headings in the classifica-
tion of the Registrar-General.