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The deaths of three children were referred to
want of breast-milk. It is probable that many of
the deaths attributed to Atrophy and other
" wasting diseases" are really due to improper
hand-feeding. Alcoholism was the certified cause
of six deaths—a number which by no means fully
represents the fatal consequences resulting from
the abuse of alcoholic stimulants.
In the class of Constitutional Diseases there
were eight deaths from Rheumatic Affections, one
from Gout, four from Rickets, and 25 from Cancer.
The number of deaths from diseases of the
Tubercular order was 225 being 12.9 per cent. of
the total deaths, and at the rate of 2.48 per
1,000 persons living.
From Tabes Mesenterica there were 22 deaths,
from Meningitis 72, from Phthisis, or Consumption,
115, and from other Scrofulous Diseases, 16. In
the previous year the deaths from Phthisis were
136, and in 1885, 144.
Diseases of the Respiratory System caused 459
deaths, against 426 in the previous year. They
were 26.5 per cent, of the total deaths, and equalled
a rate of 5.1 per 1,000. They included Croup,
14 ; Bronchitis, 271; Pneumonia, 143 ; and other
diseases, 31.
From Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System
there were 163 deaths, or 9.4 per cent., and 1.8 per
1,000 inhabitants.
Apoplexy and Paralysis caused 55 deaths, and
Convulsions 80.