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years. These two diseases are usually classed
together under the heading "other septic diseases,"
and the deaths amounted to 12 last year, as compared
with a corrected decennial average of 13.6.
DIETIC DISEASES.
Alcoholism.— Chronic alcoholism and the acute
form, delirium tremens, caused 8 deaths in 1895, as
Compared with 13 in 1894. The decennial average
for 1885-94 (corrected for increase in population)
was 7.6. In North Paddington there were 5 deaths
last year, compared with averages of 6.0 for
1885-89, of 6.5 for 1890-94, and 6.3 for the whole
decennium, 1885-94. In South Paddington there were
3 deaths last year, the averages being 1.9, l.3, and
1.6 respectively. These figures do not give the
whole of the deaths due to "drink," as in many
instances all reference to the habit is omitted, the
deaths being attributed to diseases which, whilst
brought on in the deceased by drink, occur in other
persons from other causes.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer.—Under this heading are included all the
various kinds of new growths which are known to
be "malignant," and the term, therefore, means
much more than what the profession would imply
by its strict use. In the whole Parish there were
103 deaths from malignant tumours—73 in North
Paddington and 30 in South. The corrected