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Altogether 992, or nearly 42 per cent. of the total number of deaths during the
year, were of children under five years of age.
Of children aged between five and fifteen years 94 died. The chief causes
of death at this age period were tuberculosis, which accounted for 24 deaths, other
infectious diseases, which caused 22, diseases of the heart and circulatory organs
16, and accident or negligence, which resulted in 10 deaths.
Of persons aged between fifteen and twenty-five years there were 86 deaths,
of which 34, including 29 from consumption, were due to tuberculosis. Violence
resulted in 7 deaths, including one homicidal and three suicidal.
Of persons aged between twenty-five and thirty-five years there were 107 deaths,
the chief causes being consumption, which resulted in 39, diseases of the heart
and circulatory organs, which accounted for 10, and pneumonia, which was the cause
of 14 deaths. Three deaths were due to kidney disease, one to alcoholism, and
three, including one homicidal, to violence.
Between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five years there died 198 persons.
Of these 62 died from consumption, 8 from cancer, 22 from diseases of the nervous
system, including 7 from general paralysis of the insane, 8 from valvular heart
disease, and 20 from heart disease not stated to have been due to valvular trouble,
13 from bronchitis, 10 pneumonia, 10 cirrhosis of the liver, 8 Bright's disease and
5 alcoholism. Three deaths were the result of suicide.
Of persons from forty-five to fifty years of age 231 died. Of these 46 succumbed
to consumption, 22 to cancer and 4 to malignant disease, 5 to alcoholism, 25 to
diseases of the nervous system, including 14 from apoplexy, 11 to valvular disease,
and 22 to heart disease not stated to have been valvular, 26 to bronchitis, 15 to
pneumonia, 6 to cirrhosis of the liver, 10 to Bright's disease, 9 to accident, 1 to
homicide and 1 to suicide.
Of 247 deaths among persons aged from fifty-five to sixty-five years 26 were
attributed to consumption, 34 to cancer, and 7 to malignant disease, 3 to alcoholism,
16 to diseases of the nervous system, including 6 from apoplexy, 9 to valvular heart
disease, and 28 to heart disease not stated to have been valvular, 37 to bronchitis,
18 pneumonia, 19 to Bright's disease, 8 cirrhosis of the liver, 9 accident and 1 to
suicide.
Of persons aged from sixty-five to seventy-five years there died 229, the chief
causes of death being cancer, which accounted for 14, malignant disease for 3, old
age 36, influenza 7, apoplexy 12, other nervous disorders 6, valvular heart disease 9,
disease of the heart not stated to be valvular 23, bronchitis 48, pneumonia 12,
cirrhosis of the liver 3, Bright's disease 17, accidents 5 and suicide 2 deaths.