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DIETETIC DISEASES.
ALCOHOLISM.
Eight deaths were recorded under this head, In three the
immediate cause of death was Delirium Tremens, and in five others
alcoholism was certified as contributing to the fatal termination. In
addition to these the following cases were the subject of enquiry by
the Coroner:—A man, aged 46, was severely burnt whilst in a state of
intoxication, and died; a man, aged 36, received severe injuries to his
head from falling about whilst drunk ; a man, aged 51, died from
syncope and great prostration after a twelve days' drinking bout.
PRIVATION.
Seven infants died from want of breast milk, and the following
cases were returned by the Coroner:—a male, aged 67, died from
serous effusion brought on by want of proper necessaries; a man, aged
77 years, died from want of proper food and nursing ; a female, aged
31, died from Pneumonia and want of proper nourishment ; and a
girl, aged 15, died from starvation.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASE.
Under this head 547 deaths were returned ; of these Cancer caused
55. The chief organs affected were stomach 12—four females and
eight males; Liver 7—all males; Uterus 8. Six others were returned
simply as Cancer {all females) and five as Epithelioma.
TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
The total number of deaths from the diseases grouped under this
head was 424, of which Phthisis caused 309, more than ten per cent,
of the total deaths from all causes; in eight the immediate cause of
death was Haemorrhage from the Lungs.
The deaths from the tubercular group formed fourteen per cent, of
the mortality from all causes, and corresponded to a rate of 3.28 per
thousand population.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASE.
Ninety-five infants were prematurely born, and died from want of
vitality. In addition to these a very large number of infants were
still-born from the same cause, but as the law does not require these
to be registered no numbers can be given. Thirteen infants were so
deformed as to be unable to live. Four of these had deformed spines
and eight others deformed hearts.
Seventy-three old people died from natural decay.