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Alcoholism.
Eleven deaths were returned as due to acute and chronic
Alcoholism, 4 of the cases being males, and 7 females. 27
deaths (males 13, females 14) were due to cirrhosis of the liver,
a disease which, in practically every case, is caused by alcohol.
This gives a total of 38 cases in which alcohol was the cause
of death, as against 29 in 1902, but there is no doubt that
this number greatly understates the real mortality from
Alcoholism. Deaths really due to this cause are usually
certified under such headings as apoplexy, Bright's disease,
heart disease, &c.
The mortality from alcohol cannot, therefore, be even
approximately estimated from the death returns.