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1895. Inclusive of hospital cases, there were 59 deaths
from measles, 19 from scarlet fever, 44 from diphtheria, 47
from whooping cough, 9 from enteric fever, and 80 from
diarrhœa. There were no deaths from small-pox or typhus.
The death-rates per 1,000 of the population were:—
Measles, 0.69; scarlet fever, 0.22; diphthera, 0.51; whooping
cough, 0.55; enteric fever, 0.11; diarrhœa, 0.94. The
total zymotic death-rate was 3.02. From scarlet fever there
were 4 deaths in the Parish and 15 in hospitals; from
diphtheria, 16 in the Parish and 28 in hospitals; from enteric
fever, 4 in the parish and sin hospitals. Twelve
death were attributed to influenza, generally in association
with other diseases.
In the class of septic diseases there were 4 deaths from
syphilis, 7 from erysipelas, 2 from septicæmia, 1 from carbuncle,
and 3 from senile gangrene. Only 2 deaths were
directly attributed to alcohol, but in a large number of the
inquest cases the deaths were said to have been accelerated
by alcohol.
Rheumatism and rheumatic fever caused 10 deaths, gout
1, and rickets 4.
The deaths from cancer were 60; of these 49 were in
persons upwards of 45 years of age. The deaths from this
disease in the previous year were 65; in 1896, 58; in 1895,
50; in 1894, 42; and in 1893, 37.