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VENEREAL DISEASES.
These were the cause of 12 deaths, 8 being due to Congenital
Syphilis.
CLASS III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Six deaths were certified to be directly due to alcoholic excess, and
in 12 cases the disease to which death was attributed was stated to have
been accelerated by intemperance, though these represent a very small
proportion of the actual number.
CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
The deaths from diseases in this group numbered 376, being 17.7
per cent, of the total number.
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Of these 183 were due to Phthisis and 72 to other tubercular
diseases, such as Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica, and
General Tuberculosis, these diseases accounting for 11.9 per cent. of
the deaths from all causes, and it is probable that many of the deaths
ascribed to Marasmus, Debility, Convulsions, etc., were tubercular in
nature.