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Class VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System caused 365 deaths,
including 22 from Convulsions, 189 from Apoplexy,
and 20 from Epilepsy.
2. 472 deaths were due to diseases of the Circulatory
System.
3. The diseases of the Respiratory Organs caused 816
deaths (383 from Bronchitis, and 156 from
Pneumonia).
4. Diseases of the Digestive Organs caused 241 deaths,
of which 62 were due to Enteritis, 12 to Peritonitis,
67 to diseases of the Liver and 15 to Dentition.
5 Diseases of the Urinary System caused 191 deaths.
6. Diseases of the Reproductive System, Integumentary
System, Locomotive System, Lymphatics, Organs
of Special Senses, and Gland-like Organs of uncertaine
use, caused together 77 deaths.
Class Vll.—Deaths from Violence.
149 deaths in all, including 110 from Accidents or
Negligence, 11 from Burns and Scalds, 8 from Drowning,
7 from Suffocation in bed (6 being infants under 1
year), 36 from Suicide, and 3 from Homicide.
Class VIII.—Other Causes.
138 deaths were registered in this class, consisting of
deaths from Dropsy, Tumours, Haemorrhages, Debility,
Atrophy, and Inanition, or other ill-defined or nonspecified
causes.
Different rates of mortality from different diseases and
groups of diseases are given in terms of the total deaths
(corrected and uncorrected) in Tables T and U; whilst Table