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The total mortality therefore from Tuberculosis in 1904 was 102 ,
or 11.4 percent of the total deaths from all causes as compared with
90 or 10.8 per cent in 1903.
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
85 deaths or 9.5 per cent of the total deaths were certified as
being due to Cancer and other Malignant disease as compared with 105
or 12.5 per cent in 1903.
Of the total deaths under this heading 3 were certified as due to
Epithelioma 6 to Sarcoma and 76 to other malignant growths merely
described in the death certificates as Carcinoma Cancer or Malignant
disease.
Of the total deaths from this disease 57 were of females and 28 of
males and with two exceptions all occurred in persons over the age
of 25 of which 43 were of persons of 65 years of age or upwards.

Diseases of the Circulatory System.
These accounted for 79 deaths or 8.8 per cent of the total deaths.