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Causes of
Death.
The following are the numerical proportions
borne by the several classes of disease in the
causation of the mortality recorded in the foregoing
table. The highest number is seen to be attained by
diseases of the brain and nervous system, amounting to
115; this number is 24 less than the average, the diminution
being principally due to a decrease in the number
of deaths in the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, but as
this class is unduly raised by the deaths in that institution,
the proportion due to the sub district proper cannot
be accurately determined. Exclusive of this class, the
first in order of fatality was the Tubercular class contributing
111 deaths, or 32 above the average. Inclusive
of other constitutional diseases formerly classed as
"Gout, Rheumatism, Cancer, and of uncertain seat,"
the number is 143, or 42 above the average; 79 deaths
in this class were due to Consumption alone, the latter
being as usual the most fatal single disease. The next
most fatal class was "Diseases of the Respiratory Organs,"
which amounted to one less only than the number of the
preceding class, and were 6 above the average, Bronchitis,
which caused 53 deaths, being the most fatal of
the class. The Zymotic class contributed 71 deaths
only being 30 less than the average. The deaths from
"Premature birth, Low Vitality, Congenital defects,
&c.," numbered 38 and were 4 above the average.
The next in amount were from Age, 36, or 5 above the
average. Diseases of the "Heart and Circulation"
cause 32 deaths, or 2 above the average; "Diseases of
the Digestive Organs" 30, being 2 below the average;
Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 17, or 3 above the
average; and Violence, 13, being 6 below the average.
The remaining classes present no deviation from their
average amounts which requires notice. The most
noteworthy records in the table are the increase in the
falality from diseases of the Tubercular class and dis-