, 1882-10-25

the queen 10 lldh0 dl exception OIL InlS'
rule in Sir Anthony Mussrave'S particular
case.
have the honour to be Sir,
Your obedient servant
lSigned Il. n. WALKER.
Assistant Colonial Secretary.
According to the NeWS Letter,
The appointment of a successor to Sir
Anthony MuSgrave X. @. NJ. G. was made
before the Packet left Southampton, but
his name has not yet been disclosed.
The Registrar of births deaths
and marriages had sent in his annu-
al report, Of which the Cleaner
gives us the following abstract =
The annual report of the Registrar of
marriages, births, and deaths has just
been published. From it we learn that
21,340 births and 1925 deaths were re-
giStered during the year, showing a natural
increase OF population of 6,2l5 against
6,2S3 for the proceeding year h totals
of increase for the two years of reglstra-
ton previously have been as follows
1S7S-79-Births, 1S,757 deaths 1901;
natural increase, 5,746.
1S79-60-Births, 2l,3G7 deaths, 1904;
natural increase, 6,283.
The report, which is of the most eX-
hauStiye character, goes on to state that on
the whole, it may be concluded that while
the annual increase of population is not
equal to that shown by the Census, it is
greater than that shownby the registration
records, and should properly approach 1000
a year. With the object of atfOrdlng all
possible facilities to the public and thus
atlording no excuse for a nOn-obServance
Of the law, at the close Of the period CO.
vered by this report, arrangements we're
made for appointing Al new Registration
Districts, thus increasing the number OF
Registrars throughout the Island from 102
to 146. Looking to the comparative IN
fancy of the work, and the fact that III the
three years of RegistratiOn some 104 604en.
tries Of births and deaths have been made
as public records, it will perhaps be con-
sidered that a fair measure of success has
been attained. The Quarterly Abstracts
shew that the greatest addition to the pop
ulatiOn took place, as in the previous two
years in the June Quarter. The Abstract
shows st. Elizabeth, Manchester and st.
Ann as the largest contributors to the
increase of population, and st. Thomas,
St. Andrew and St. Cathrine as the small
est, leaving out Kingston, which shows an
apparent decrease.
DEATHS OF CHILDREN.
Comparing the deaths of children with
the total number of births registered, it
would appear that of every thousand chill
dren born, l72 died before reaching the
end of their first year, and 273 failed to
reach their 9TH year. In England and
Wales, the deaths Of similar periods for
the year 1913 were in the proportions
of 1872 and 251 respectively.
CAUSES OF DEATH-ZYMoTIo DISEASES
One case of small pox was registered as
having occurred in July at C~larksonville
in st. AIMS. 1t is that of an infant, 4
months old, and as the cause of death was
received on the information of tthe father
(WhO was unable to write), without any
medical testimony, it is highly probable
that the disease was not smallpox, but one
of some other eruptive character. 10 cases
of measles against 4 for the previous year
The epidemic of whOQping-cough, which
commenced in Kingston in the June Quar-
ter of 1879, and visited every parish III
turn, was referred to in the last years
Report. 1t seems to have exhausted itself
towards the close of 1SS1-St. Elizabeth,
WeStmoreland and Hanover being the only
parishes recording cases in the last quar-
ter Of the year under report, and they
show a ~falling-off from Al to 2, 81 to 3, and
40 to 3 respectively, comparing the hrst
with the last quarters of the year. I,66S
deaths were reported from dysentery n
diarrhea, showing a large increase over
the previous years-771 in 1079-0O and
61S in 1873, 9 deaths from yellow fever
1Uoro roo;Storod as having been caused by