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Constitutional Diseases produced their highest fatality in the first
and fourth quarters, in which the deaths were respectively 256 and 259,
figures practically the same, the chief causes of death being Phthisis
and Cancer; to Phthisis, which was the most fatal of these diseases,
were ascribed 163 deaths in the first quarter, 141 in the second, 113 in
the third and 139 in the fourth quarter. Cancer showed its greatest
mortality in the fourth quarter, when it carried off 79 persons, compared
with 45 in the first, 50 in the second and 65 in the third.
Local Diseases were most in evidence in the first quarter, when
they were responsible for 822 deaths, and least so in the third quarter
when there were only 467. In the second quarter there were 559
deaths, and in the fourth 606.
In the sub-division of Local Diseases the deaths arising from the
Nervous System were most fatal in the first quarter, when 157 persons
died, and least so in the third quarter, when 123 persons succumbed.
In the second and fourth quarters the record of deaths was the same,
namely, 133.
Diseases of the Circulatory System were practically similarly fatal
in the 1st and 4th quarters, when 105 and 103 persons died. In the
2nd and 3rd quarters the deaths numbered 89 and 75.
Diseases of the Respiratory System were far and away more fatal
in the Ist quarter than in any other period of the year, for then the