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[1904
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
These diseases, including among others, Acute and Chronic Bronchitis,
Pneumonia, Pleurisy, Emphysema, and Asthma, caused 995 deaths, of which
365 were registered in the first quaiter, 163 in the second, 103 in the third, and
364 in the fourth; and resulted in a death-rate of 2.92 per 1,000 of the population.
They formed 19 per cent, of the entire mortality during the year.
Bronchitis—Acute.—This ailment was responsible for 160 deaths, 69
males and 91 females, of which 76 occurred among infants, in addition to 28
among very young children.
Bronchitis—Chronic was credited with 374 deaths all of which with 23
exceptions occurred among people over 45 years of age. The deaths among
males and females were nearly equal in number, as 178 of the former and 184
of the latter died.
Pneumonia caused 392 deaths, of which 131 occurred in the first quarter,
80 in the second, 56 in the third, and 125 in the fourth. It was fatal to 216
males and to 176 females.
There were 104 deaths among infants, and 112 among very young children,
or altogether 216 among children under 5 years of age. Thus between this
disease and pneumonia, the deaths of 180 infants undet a year old, and of 244
children between 1 and 5 years, or a total of 424 deaths were caused, of which
it would be only a mild remark to state that many were sacrificed by the
ignorance or carelessness of the maternal parents. There is a great leakage
of life at these early ages, which can only be stopped by the instruction, and
the education at school of the future mothers of the race. Girls from their
earliest age possess the motherly instinct, and this instinct should be fostered
and brightened in their school days, especially during the last year.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
These include Syphilis and Gonorrhoea, and from them there resulted 20
deaths, 15 being ascribed to the former, and 5 to the latter disease.
As many as 12 of these deaths occurred among infants under a year old,
while 2 children were between 1 and 5 years; 1 person was 25 years old, 1 was
45, and 4 were 55.
Twelve of the persons who died were males, and 8 females.
Six of the deaths occurred in Public Institutions within the borough.