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Ward is the most densely populated, and, moreover, contains a larger proportion of
the poorer inhabitants of the Borough.
The deaths of children aged from one to five years numbered 357, of which 63
were attributed to measles, 40 to whooping cough, 15 to scarlet fever, and 10 to
diphtheria, 49 to various forms of tuberculosis, 21 to bronchitis, 72 to pneumonia,
21 to diarrhcea, and 6 to accident or negligence.
Altogether, of the total number of deaths for the year, 1,008, or just over 44 per
cent., were of children under the age of five years.
Of children aged between five and fifteen years, 75 died, the chief causes being
tuberculosis, which accounted for 25, other infectious diseases which resulted in 18,
and accident or negligence, which was the cause of 7 deaths.
Of persons aged between fifteen and twenty-five years there were 70 deaths, of
which 29, including 26 from consumption, resulted from tuberculosis.
Of persons aged from twenty-five to thirty-five years there died 113, the chief
causes being consumption, which accounted for 39 deaths, diseases of the respiratory
organs, kidneys, and heart. Cancer was given as the cause of 2 deaths, and alcoholism
of 2 deaths. Violence resulted in four deaths, one of which was due to suicide and
another to homicide.
The deaths of persons aged between thirty-five and forty-five years numbered 207,
of which 75 were caused by consumption, 14 by diseases of the nervous system, 10 by
valvular heart disease, 11 by bronchitis, 17 pneumonia, 7 disease of the kidneys, and
13 by violence, including one due to homicide and four to suicide. Six deaths were
attributed to alcohol, six to cirrhosis of the liver, and six to cancer.
Of 243 deaths amongst persons aged between forty-five and fifty-five years, 54 were
attributed to consumption, 27 to cancer, 5 to alcoholism, 18 to diseases of the nervous
system, 15 to valvular heart disease, 20 to bronchitis, 18 to pneumonia., 24 to disorders
of the digestive organs, including 11 from cirrhosis of the liver, 10 to kidney
disease, and 14 to violence, including one through homicide and seven through suicide.
Of 213 deaths amongst persons aged between fifty-five and sixty-five years. 16 were
attributed to consumption, 18 to cancer, 4 to alcoholism, 10 to diseases of the nervous
system, 15 to valvular heart disease, 41 to bronchitis,- 19 to pneumonia, 5 to
cirrhosis of the liver, 18 to kidney disease, and 12 to violence, including three due
to suicide.
Of persons aged between sixty-five and seventy-five years there died 192, the chief
causes of death being cancer, which accounted for 16, old age for 30, apoplexy 15,
valvular heart disease 6, bronchitis 42, pneumonia 15, kidney disease 16, and other
diseases of the urinary organs 5.