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Other causes
of Death
than Zymotic.
From these classes 1,182 deaths were
returned, being 21 in excess of those of last
year. There were 187 from Bronchitis, Pneumonia, 86.
Other Lung Liseases, 42; from Circulatory Disease, 104,
Brain and Nerves, 169; Digestive Organs, 69; Premature
Birth, Low Vitality, 61; Old Age, 74; Cancer,
33; Violence 35, &c.
Cancer, Premature Birth, Old Age, Violence, and
disease of Digestive Organs, show an increase as compared
with last year, whilst those of the Respiratory
Organs, Brain and Nerves, a slight decrease.
From the Tubercular Class, 237 Avere returned, viz:—
Phthisis, 114; Tabes Mesenterica, 92; Scrofula, 8; and
Hydrocephalus, 23. Of those from Phthisis, 18 were
under 20; and 84 from 20 to 60 years of age.
In analysing the mortality of the respective sexes in
this class of disease (Phthisis), it would appear that
females die at a greater rate than males, between the
ages of 20 and 40—30 out of a total of 49 being females,
whilst in the next 20 years, 40 to 60, the males die at a
far greater rate, for out of 35 deaths, only 6 were females.
The deaths from old age were 74, against 54 of last
year, the eldest being females—97, 96, 92, 90, 90, 90,
whilst four males reached the great age of 96, 95, 92,
and 90 years respectively. Revorting now to the opposite
extremes of the duration of life, we find that in
4 instances it was a few minutes—20; a few hours, and
in 74 a few days.
The following table (III) contrasts all deaths from
non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.