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249, and the uncorrected, 184. The mean temperature
of the quarter was 3.7° below the average, that
for the month of February being as much as 9.9°
below the average for the month. The average
annual number of deaths from these diseases during
the period 1885-94 was 417 (approximately). The
subjoined statement gives the deaths from each
disease in the two divisions of the Parish for last year,
and the corresponding average annual numbers.
Recorded, Corrected annual averages—
1895. 1885-89. 890-94. 1889-94.
Bronchitis. St. Mary 239 180.9 202.2 192.4
St. John 66 40.2 53.8 48.1
Pneu-monia. St. Mary 96 121.9 148.0 135.8
St. John 19 31.5 48.3 40.7
As regards the incidence on the sexes, there died
last year 138 males, and 167 females from bronchitis
—and 61 males, and 54 females from pneumonia.
See Table 25 for rates.
Cirrhosis of the liver.— This is a disease which is
usually, but not always, due to alcoholic excess.
Owing, as has been already stated, to the omission
to refer to the drink habit when certifying death, it
may not be unfair to take all the deaths due to
this cause as due to alcohol, for the present purposes.
There were 14 deaths classed under this heading
in the year—8 of males, and 6 of females. The
decennial average is not available, but the figures
for the five preceding years were—24 in 1890, and
18, 15, 18, and 19, in the succeeding years. The
quinquennial average was 19.1 per annum.