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Among the principal causes of death were—diseases of the nervous system, 5 deaths;
diseases of the respiratory system, 28 deaths; diseases of the circulatory system, 13 deaths ; other
visceral diseases, 9 deaths; tubercular diseases, 28 deaths, including 19 from consumption (= 4.7
per 1,000 persons living); wasting diseases of infants, 5 deaths; cancer, 6 deaths, and violence,
4 deaths. Three deaths of infants prematurely born were registered, and 5 deaths from old age.
Inquests were held in 13 cases.
The annual Death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in the thirteen successive four-weekly periods,
was:—
(1) 39.0 (2) 45.5 (3) 85.7 (4) 29.2 (5) 26.0 (6) 35.7 (7) 29.2
(8) 32.5 (9) 35.7 (10) 16.2 (11) 35.7 (12) 19.5 (18) 35.7
Fifty-eight of the deaths occurred at the homes of the deceased persons, 65 at the Borough
Infirmary (nearly an eighth of the total deaths at this Institution—553) and 5 at other Public
Institutions ; 23 of the deaths were of persons who had previously resided at common lodginghouses
in the Area; but only one of these deaths took place at a common lodging-house.
The deaths comprised 67 of males and 61 of females.
The ages at death were—under five years of age, 57 (including 41 under one year) ; between
5 and 20 years, 6 deaths; between 20 and 60 years, 43 deaths; at 60 years and upwards, 22 deaths.
The deaths were connected with streets as follows : Bangor Street, 38 deaths; Crescent
Street, 22 deaths; St. Katharine's Road, 42 deaths; Kenley Street, 10 deaths; Sirdar Road,
16 deaths.