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In the class of pulmonary diseases there was 1 death,
from bronchitis.
Tubercular diseases caused 4 deaths, viz.: phthisis 3
and tabes mesenterica 1.
There were 2 deaths from age, 1 from cancer, and 2
from heart disease
An inquest was held in the case of a man 64 years of
age, who was suffocated by the impaction of a piece of
sausage meat in the larynx.
Thirty-five notices of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: of scarlet fever 27, diphtheria 5, erysipelas 2, and
typhoid fever 1.
In the week ending October 22nd 64 births and 35 deaths
were registered in the parish, corresponding to an annual
birth rate of 38.9, and an annual death rate of 21.3 per
thousand inhabitants. The number of deaths of children
under one year of age was 15, and of persons aged 60 years
and upwards 4. Zymotic diseases caused 3 deaths, viz.:
diphtheria 1 and diarrhœa 2.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 8
deaths— 5 from bronchitis and 3 from pneumonia.
Tubercular diseases caused five deaths, viz.: meningitis
1, phthisis 5, and tabes mesenterica 3.
One death was uncertified —referred to meningitis.
Twenty-eight notices of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: 10 of scarlet fever, 15 of diphtheria, and 3 of typhoid
fever.