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Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from this class of disease was 145, or 17·6 per
cent. of the total deaths, of which 3·3 or 22·7 per cent. occurred in
children under the age of 5 years, and 57 or 39·3 per cent. in persons of
65 years of age or upwards.
Of the total deaths, 76 were due to Pneumonia, 50 to Bronchitis,
1 to Pleurisy, and 18 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.
Accidents.
Of the 32 deaths classified under this heading 9 were due to falls,
2 to lightning stroke, 2 to burns, 6 to street accidents, 11 to suffocation,
1 to drowning, and 1 to railway accident.
Suicides.
Of the 9 deaths from this cause, 3 were due to drowning, 2 to
shooting, 1 to hanging, 1 to jumping from a bridge, and 2 to cut throat-
Murder.
1 death from Murder was registered, a case of an infant, and due to
want of attention at birth.
All other Causes.

Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
The somewhat extensive prevalence of this disease in Central
Europe, America, and its appearance in this country, brought the
subject into prominence.