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CONSTITUTIONAL D ISEASES—caused 307 deaths, or
17.1 percent. There were 12 from ill- defined forms
of dropsy and 27 from cancer. In the tubercular class
there were 266 deaths, of which 152 were attributed to
phthisis or consumption; 65 to hydrocephalus and
infantile meningitis; 41 to tabes mesenterica; and 8
to tuberculosis, scrofula &c. In the previous year there
were 38 deaths from cancer and 218 from consumption.
On an average of years, we have less than our proportion
of deaths from these diseases.
Local D iseases—caused 728 deaths, or 40.5 per
cent. In the previous year the number was 895, and
the per centage 45.1. The total number of deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs, other than phthisis,
was 421, against 547 in 1879. There were 315 deaths
from bronchitis and 90 from pneumonia, or inflammation
tion of the lungs. Bronchitis caused 408 deaths in
1879. From diseases of the brain and nervous system
there were 179 deaths , from diseases of the heart and
organs of circulation 57; from diseases of the digestive
organs, including stomach, liver and intestines, there
were 40 deaths.
Developmental Diseases —caused 265 deaths, or
147 per cent. 152 were children and 113 adults. In
the deaths of children under this division are included
28 from premature birth ; 5 from congenital malforma-