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Other Causes of Death.—Diseases of the Respiratory
Organs, excluding Phthisis, gave 124 deaths, being 45
less than the previous year; 66 were returned as Bronchitis,
38 as Pneumonia, and 20 from other Lung diseases.
The Tubercular resulted in 172, cf which 113 were
from Phthisis; Atrophy, 46; Scrofula, 10; and Hydrocephalus,
3. The deaths from Consumption are within
one of the previous year; 73 occurred between the ages
of 20 and 50, the same period in which I have noticed
for years the greater number of deaths from this disease
take place. The deaths from Wasting, or Atrophy, all
took place under 5 years of age, principally under one,
and are 14 in excess of the previous annual return.
Diseases of the Brain and Nerves have increased
from 119 in 1876 to 148 in the year under consideration;
61 were under 5 years of age, and 41 were between 60
and 80 years. The numbers from other causes were as
follows: Disease of Heart, 55; Digestive Organs, 37;
Urinary, 14; Organs of Generation, 8; Cancer, 22;
Syphilis, 7; Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation,
30; Violence, 23; Joints, 1; Uncertain Seat, 25; and
Old Age, 47.
Of the 714 deaths from the Non-Epidemic classes of
disease, 357 were males, and 357 females, an exactly
similar number; in fact, throughout the whole year, there
is but a difference of 3 between the sexes. 177 were
under 1 year; 73 between 1 and 5; 289 under 20, inclusive;
from 20 to 40, 88; 40 to 60, 130; 60 to 80, 109; 80
and upwards, 38—2 being females, aged respectively 92
and 95.
The following Table contrasts all deaths from nonZymotic
causes during the past six years:—