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1904]
Tabes Mesenterica, commonly known as consumption of the bowels,
caused 40 deaths, which represent a death-rate of 0.12 per 1,000, 20 of which
were of persons under a year old, 16 between that age and five years, and
4 over five but under fifteen. Consequently it is seen that it is a disease of
early life. The deaths among males numbered 22, and among females 18.
Tubercular Meningitis or Hydrocephalus was registered as the
cause of 74 deaths, of which 42 were males and 32 females, the resulting deathrate
being 0.22 per 1,000. With the exception of 17 all were among children
under five years of age.
Tuberculosis of the Larynx caused 18 deaths, all of which with one
exception occurred among persons between the ages of 20 and 45.
General Tuberculosis sometimes called scrofula, was registered as the
cause of 18 deaths. Here all the deaths, with 4 exceptions, occurred among
children under 15 years old.
Other Tubercular Diseases were responsible for 10 deaths, the ages
of the deceased ranging from under a year to 55 years.