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Cancer and other Malignant disease.
105 deaths, or 12.5 per cent. of the total deaths, were certified as
being due to Cancer and other Malignant disease, as compared with 91
or 10.0 per cent. in 1902.
Of the total deaths under this heading, 8 were certified as due to
Epithelioma, 7 to Sarcoma, 3 to Scirrhus Cancer, and 87 to other
malignant growths, merely described in the death certificates as
Carcinoma, Cancer, or Malignant disease.
Of the total deaths from this disease, 79 were of females and 26 of
males, and all occurred in persons of over the age of 25, of which 50
were of persons of 65 years of age or upwards.
Diseases of the Circulatory System.
These accounted for 76 deaths, or 9.0 per cent. of the total deaths,
of which 30 were due to chronic valvular disease of the heart and 46 to
other diseases of the heart and vessels.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from this class of disease was 116, or 13.8 per
cent. of the total deaths, of which 33 or 28.4 per cent. occurred in
children under the age of 5 years, and 44 in persons of 65 years of age
or upwards.
Of the total deaths, 56 were due to Pneumonia, 48 to Bronchitis,
3 to Pleurisy, and 9 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.
Diseases of the Nervous System.
Of the 93 deaths from diseases of the nervous system, 9 were due
to Meningitis, 5 to Epilepsy, 32 to Apoplexy, and 47 to other nervous
diseases.
Accidents.
Of the 11 deaths classified under this heading, 5 were due to falls,
2 to street accidents, 3 to suffocation, and 1 to a railway accident.
Suicides.
Of the 10 deaths from this cause, 3 were due to poisoning, 1 to
hanging, 4 to shooting, 1 to drowning, and 1 to cut throat.