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From constitutional diseases there were 41 deaths
or 2.6 per cent. This division includes 27 deaths
from cancer, 8 from rickets, 5 from rheumatism,
and one from gout.
The number of deaths from diseases of the
tubercular order was 227, being equal to an annual
rate of 2.6 per thousand of the population, and
forming 4.8 per cent. of total deaths. This class
included 124 deaths from phthisis, 56 from meningitis,
and 27 from tabes mesenterica. There was a
decrease in the number of persons dying from
consumption in the Parish, but an increase in the
number of deaths from this disease in public institutions.
From diseases of the respiratory system there
were 428 deaths, being 115 fewer than in the
previous year. These represented a death-rate of
five per thousand and a percentage of 27.9. The
deaths referred to bronchitis numbered 235, and
those attributed to pneumonia 165. In this class
there were 213 deaths of children under 5 years of
age, being nearly one-half of the whole, and 155
deaths of persons over 45 years of age. Asthma,
pleurisy, and other diseases of the lungs, accounted
for 22 deaths, and inflammatory diseases of the
larynx for six.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system
130 deaths were registered, being 19 fewer than in
the previous year. They formed 8.5 per cent. of
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