HH62/2/LANARK/43

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Phthisis or Consumption. - The number of deaths from
this malady has been 52 in the whole district, or over 7 per
cent. of the total mortality, and equal to a rate per 1,000 of
1·405 - a rate which may be regarded with satisfaction as
being below the average.

Cancer. - To this and other malignant diseases 23 deaths
were attributed, viz., 6 in Carluke, 1 in Carmichael, 4 in
Carnwath, 4 in Carstairs, 1 in Crawfordjohn, 1 in Dolphinton,
3 in Lanark (landward), 2 in Lesmahagow, and 1 in
Symington.

Violence. - From the different forms of violence the
comparatively large number of 28 deaths was registered,
viz., 1 in Biggar, 7 in Carluke, 6 in Carnwath, 4 in Carstairs,
1 in Crawford, 1 in Culter, 1 in Lanark, and 7 in Lesma-
hagow.

The death-rate from all causes is 18·97 per 1,000, and
is considerably higher than might be expected in a popu-
lation living under the conditions of the great majority of
the people in the Upper Ward.
As regards parishes, the highest rate is found in the
Parish of Symington, where 11 deaths were registered in a
population of 432, equal to a mortality rate per 1,000 of
25·4, while in the Parish of Dunsyre, with a population of
191, no death was registered during the year. I must here,
however, point out the fallacy of judging from the death-
rate of one year of the comparative healthiness of two or
more parishes with populations so small as those possessed
by the majority of the parishes of the Upper Ward. In
order to be of much value, the average rate for a series of
years not less than 10 should be adopted.

Mortality at different ages. - Of the total of 702 deaths
134 were in children under 1 year. Calculated in relation
to the number of births during the year, this number
gives a rate of 108 per 1,000 births, and indicates a very