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per cent. of the total deaths, and equalled a deathrate
of 2.99 per thousand inhabitants.
In the class of developmental diseases 125
deaths were recorded: of these, 43 were due to
premature birth; 4 atelectasis; 3 to congenital
malformations; and 75 to old age.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system
there were 113 deaths in the Parish, and 33 in
hospitals; making a total of 146, being nearly 8 per
cent. of the total deaths. There were 45 deaths
from apoplexy; 16 from paralysis; 6 from epilepsy;
and 51 from convulsions. There were 5 deaths
from insanity in the Asylums; five persons died
from the disease of the internal ear.
To diseases of the heart and organs of circulation
154 deaths were referred, being an increase on the
mean of the three previous years. They formed
rather more than 8 per cent, of the total deaths.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 369 deaths in the Parish, and 41 in
hospitals, making a total of 410. They formed
nearly 22 per cent, of the total deaths and equalled
a death-rate of 4.76 per thousand inhabitants.
Croup caused 14 deaths; bronchitis, 210; pneumonia,
271 ; and other pulmonary diseases, 16. From.