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bronchitis, 25 to pneumonia, 7 to cirrhosis of the liver, 14 to Bright's disease, 9 to
accidental causes and 2 were suicidal.
Between fifty-five and sixty years of age 120 persons died; of these deaths, 10
were due to cancer, 10 to apoplexy, 11 to heart disease, 32 to bronchitis, 7 to
pneumonia, and 7 to Bright's disease.
Of the 256 deaths amongst persons aged between sixty and seventy years, 12 were
due to phthisis, 21 to apoplexy, 28 to heart disease, 12 to influenza, 74 to bronchitis,
25 to pneumonia, 6 to Bright's disease, 17 to cancer, 3 to violence and 1 to suicidal
poisoning.
There were 239 deaths in the 70—85 years of age period: 17 were due to
apoplexy, 63 to bronchitis, 32 to heart disease, 11 to pneumonia, 6 to Bright's disease,
56 to old age and 3 to violence.
Of the 19 persons who died aged eighty-five years and upwards, old age claimed
12, bronchitis 3, and influenza, diarrhoea, peritonitis and heart disease 1 each.
The number of deaths due to Zymotic diseases was 950, as compared with 759 in
1894, and 1048 in 1893. Local diseases caused 1347 deaths, as compared with 1132
in 1894; diseases of the respiratory organs contributing 683, of the nervous system
270, of the circulatory system 181, and diseases of the organs of digestion 106. There
has been an increase in the number of deaths from pneumonia and bronchitis this year,
the numbers being 288 and 379, as compared with 216 and 304 respectively, in 1894.
There were 57 deaths due to Bright's disease, 12 more than last year, old age caused
73 deaths, as compared with 88 in 1894. There were 98 deaths due to violence, and
119 were due to causes not specified or ill-defined.
Of the 90 deaths attributed to constitutional diseases, cancer was the cause of
62, as compared with 80 in 1894 and 67 in 1893. The annual rate per 1000 was 0.50,
as compared with 0.65 in 1894 and 0.54 in 1893. The number of deaths in the
Metropolis, registered during 1895 as due to cancer, was equal to a rate 0.82 per 1000
of the population.
In the subjoined table there is an analysis of the cases which ocourred in the
parish during the year, shewing the situation of the disease, age and sex distribution.
Deaths registered as due to malignant disease are not included in the table, only
cases where the disease was definitely stated to be of a cancerous nature being dealt
with.