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In the developmental class 164 deaths were
registered. They included premature birth 66,
atelectasis 2, congenital malformations 8, and old
age 88. Of the latter, 12 died at ages exceeding
85 years. There is a very considerable increase
in the number of deaths ascribed to premature
birth.
Of the local diseases the largest and most important
division is that of the respiratory system.
Bronchitis caused 218 deaths, and pneumonia 207.
The total deaths numbered 449, being an increase
of 13 above those of 1898. They equalled 21.5 per
cent. of the deaths from all causes, and a deathrate
of 5.1.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system
there were 184 deaths, being 24 more than in the
previous year. Apoplexy caused 68 deaths,
paralysis 14, epilepsy 9, convulsions 47, and brain
diseases, insanity, &c., 46.
Diseases of the heart and circulatory organs
accounted for 149 deaths, being an increase of 18.
They formed 7.2 per cent. of the whole, and
equalled a death-rate of 1.8.