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this cause, inclusive of hospital cases, was 23.
Three deaths from typhus, and 3 from enteric fever
took place in hospitals, and 7 deaths from the latter
disease occurred in the parish. From diarrhœa
there were 65 deaths, and from simple cholera, 2.
Only 3 deaths were attributed to influenza, but
there can be no doubt that the presence of this
epidemic tended to increase the mortality from
lung diseases.
In the class of septic diseases there were 7 deaths
of infants from congenital syphilis, 7 deaths from
erysipelas, and 3 from puerperal fever.
The deaths of 5 persons were attributed to
chronic intemperance and 2 to delirium tremens.
These figures are only a very small fraction of the
deaths caused by alcoholic poisoning.
In the class of constitutional diseases there were
9 deaths from rheumatism, 2 from gout, 6 from
rickets, and 42 from various forms of cancer. The
latter disease has been steadily increasing for
several years. In 1889 it caused 35 deaths.
The number of deaths from diseases of the
tubercular order was 231, being 32 more than in
the previous year. This class formed 13.9 per
cent. of the deaths, and equalled a death rate of
2.7. There were 16 deaths from tabes mesenterica,
52 from meningitis, 145 from phthisis, and 18 from
general tuberculosis. The fatality from phthisis
considerably exceeded that of the previous year
and the decennial average.
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