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The number of children born of females who died of cancer of womb,
&c., are—4 and 5.
The* number of children born of females who died of cancer of breast,
&c., are—0 and 0.
One patient was unmarried.
Developmental Diseases. This class is credited with 243
deaths, equalling a death rate of 2.44 per 1,000. and is distributed
as follows Premature Birth, 50; Debility at Birth, 10; Atelectasis,
3; Congenital Defects, 10; Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus,
57 ; Dentition, 10; Rickets, 3; and Old Age, 100. Of this large
number of deaths, the preventible ones in many instances would
appear to be those due to Rickets, Dentition, Atrophy, Debility,
and Marasmus, as these conditions can generally be remedied by
greater attention to the feeding of the young children ; whilst in all
probability a certain number of the deaths due to premature birth
are also avoidable if due care is taken by the mother. It is gratifying
to find that the deaths of 100 persons are ascribed to be due
to the ideal cause of death, viz., Old Age, or Senile Decay.
Local Diseases: Nervous System. This class of disease
is credited with 135 deaths, giving a death rate of 136 per 1,000,
and of this number 27 were ascribed to be due to Convulsions,
amongst which 26 occurred in children under 5 years of age, and
this is a cause of death which is in the majority of cases preventible
if due care is taken with the proper feeding of young
children. Fourteen were ascribed to Meningitis, 13 being
in young children. Forty-seven deaths were ascribed to Apoplexy,
12 to Softening of the Brain, and 2 to Brain Paralysis, 11 to
General Paralysis of the Insane, and 1 to other forms of Insanity.
Eight deaths were due to Epilepsy, 9 to other and ill-defined
diseases of the Brain or Nervous System.