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BERI-BERI.
The deaths from this disease were 1,502 or a percentage of 9.65 of the total deaths.
This is an absolute increase of 232 deaths over those for 1923 namely 1,270.
There is also an increase of 1.48 in the figures showing the percentage of deaths from Beri-beri, of total deaths registered during 1923 and 1924.
The following table shows the deaths from Beri-beri for the ten years 1915 to 1924 inclusive,
Year No. of deaths Per cent. of total deaths 1915 398 5.02 1916 520 4.92 1917 654 6.26 1918 804 6.09 1919 555 4.76 1920 361 4.90 1921 526 4.42 1922 829 5.69 1923 1,270 8.17 1924 1,502 9.65INFLUENZA.
The total of deaths registered as due to this disease during 1924 was 52, this being the smallest figure for deaths ascribed to this disease for the last seven years.
The following table gives the numbers of deaths due to Influenza for each month since the year 1918.
Month 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 January 21 39 20 13 2 5 February 0 16 118 19 13 2 March 25 75 20 13 5 10 April 41 38 22 18 7 5 May 1 75 32 27 13 June 108 137 61 26 44 13 5 July 53 77 22 54 40 14 August 10 30 14 30 30 5 September 1 8 30 28 40 11 October 70 44 13 64 7 November 95 35 27 76 2 December 67 2 34 17 58 244 2 Total 405 449 542 303 422 83 52