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Other Tubercular Diseases.
In addition to the deaths classified under the previous heading, 11
were due to Brain Tuberculosis, 5 to General Tuberculosis, 7 to
Abdominal Tuberculosis, and 1 to Tuberculosis of the Larynx.
As compared with the number of deaths from these causes in 1901,
there is a decrease of 21.
The total mortality, therefore, from Tuberculosis in 1902 was 97,
or 10.7 per cent, of the total deaths from all causes, as compared with
118 or 13.5 per cent, in 1901.
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver.
In all, 12 deaths were recorded from Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of
the Liver, the latter a condition most frequently associated with alcoholic
intemperance.
Cancer, and other Malignant disease.
91 deaths, or 10.0 per cent. of the total deaths, were certified as
being due to Cancer and other Malignant disease, as compared with 77
in 1901.
Of the total deaths under this heading, 9 were certified as due to
Epithelioma, 9 to Sarcoma, 3 to Scirrhus Cancer, and 70 to other
malignant growths merely described in the death certificates as
Carcinoma, Cancer, or Malignant disease.
Of the total deaths from this disease, all occurred in persons over
the age of 25, of which 41 were of persons of 65 years of age and
upwards.
Diseases of the Circulatory System.
These accounted for 73 deaths, or 8.0 per cent, of the total deaths,
of which 17 were due to Chronic valvular disease of the heart; 2 to
Embolism or Thrombosis; and 54 to other Diseases of the Heart and
Vessels of an ill-defined character.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from this class of disease was 155, or 17.1 per