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The second or tubercular division included 30 deaths from
Tabes Mesenterica, 64 from Tubercular Meningitis or acute
Hydrocephalus, 165 from Phthisis or Consumption, and 8
from other forms of Tuberculosis or Scrofula.
Three deaths were attributed to Purpura, and 5 to
Diabetes.
The total number of deaths from constitutional diseases
was 314, or 16.4 per cent. of the deaths from all causes.
Developmental Diseases. —In this class there were 155 deaths,
or 8.1 per cent., viz.:—From old age, 106 ; from premature
birth, 46; and from congenital malformations, 3. There were
82 deaths between 65 and 85 years of age, and 22 at upwards
of 85. The aged women considerably outnumbered the aged
men. Four women died between 90 and 92 years of age.
One man attained the ripe age of 99 years.
Local Diseases. —In this large division there were 824
deaths, or 43 per cent, of the whole number. Diseases of the
brain and nervous system caused 158 deaths, or 8.26 per cent.
There were 29 deaths from Apoplexy, 17 from Paralysis, 13
from Epilepsy, and 66 from Convulsions.
From Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System there
were 66 deaths, or 345 per cent. One death was attributed to
Syncope and one to Varicose Veins. Diseases of the respiratory
system occupy the chief place in this class. They
caused 481 deaths, or more than half the deaths from local
diseases, and 25 per cent, of the deaths from all causes.
There were 35 deaths from Croup, 346 from Bronchitis,
and 89 from Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs. In
the previous year the deaths from Bronchitis were 281, and
from Pneumonia 98. These diseases are often combined.
They cause a large number of deaths under five years of
age —246 deaths were thus registered in the course of last
year.
Diseases of the Digestive System accounted for 77 deaths,
or 4 per cent. There were 30 deaths from teething and 15
from "cirrhosis" of the liver. One death was registered as
"constipation."
Diseases of the Urinary System caused 20 deaths.
From Childbirth there were 10 deaths; from diseases of
the bones and joints 6; and from diseases of the skin 4.