View report page

[1914
83
Chronic Bronchitis. —As compared with the previous year, the 303
deaths which were registered show a decrease of 40. One hundred and fiftyeight
deaths were those of males, and 145 were females.
Pneumonia.—Four hundred deaths were registered, 205 being males, and
195 females. The return was 19 below that of 1913, and was, as usual, very
fatal to infants under a year old, among whom it caused 85 deaths, while the
same number of young children, between 1 and 5 years old, died from it;
among children between 5 and 10 years of age it was fatal to 12 As many as
99 persons died in the Pubiic Institutions, as contrasted with 92 in the preceding
year, the majority of whom died in the Workhouse Infirmaries.
Pleurisy.—Twenty-two deaths were registered from it, 4 of which were
those of children under 5 years of age; six deaths were registered in Public
Institutions.
Asthma and Emphysema. —These diseases caused 16 deaths, all of
which were of adults.
Other Diseases of the Respiratory System -—Twenty-one deaths
were registered from them, as contrasted with 16 in 1913.

ALCOHOLISM.
Seven deaths were caused by Alcohol, which are 12 below the average of
the preceding 14 years. This, with one exception, is the lowest return since
1901, as it was only less in 1911, when 4 deaths were attributed to this cause.
It is therefore a very gratifying record, and shows, to some extent, that the
cause of temperate drinking is gaining ground.
From the point of infant mortality it is also pleasing for undoubtedly
alcohol plays an important part in sending into the world infants improperly
prepared to meet its everyday stresses,
G 2