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year. Three children died from conjenital malformations
and 85 persons from old age.
Diseases of the brain and nervous system, including
hospital cases, caused 144 deaths, against 119 in
1894. There were 52 deaths from apoplexy, 17 from
paralysis, 44 from convulsions, 20 from various forms
of brain disease, and 4 from dementia. Disease of
the internal ear caused 2 deaths. Two persons died
from chronic alcoholism and 1 from delirium tremens,
but, as I have previously stated, these figures fall very
far short of representing the fatal results which are
due to the intemperate use, or abuse, of alcoholic
stimulants.
Diseases of the hearts and circulatory organs,
including hospital cases, caused 112 deaths, the
majority of which occurred in persons above 45 years
of age. They formed 5.9 per cent. of the total
deaths.
From diseases of the respiratory organs, including
hospital cases, there were 454 deaths, being 23.3 per
cent. of the whole. They comprised 227 deaths from
bronchitis, 197 from pneumonia, 9 from croup, 4
from pleurisy, and 17 from various forms of lung
disease.