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118 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
and 30 in external, of persons belonging to this subdistrict
This raises the total number of deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs to 156, as compared
with 134 in 1894.
Diseases of the brain and nervous system were the
cause of 122 deaths, 11 more than last year, but 38 less
than the corrected decennial average; of these 1.22 deaths,
37 occurred in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum and eight
in the Royal Hospital for Incurables. In outlying institutions
25 deaths occurred, the corrected total being 96.
51 deaths occurred from diseases of the organs of
circulation, one less than last year and 9 less than the
corrected decennial average. Eight occurred in internal
and 22 in external institutions, the corrected total being
thus 65. All these deaths, with the exception of two,
occurred in persons over 25 years of age.
Diseases of the digestive organs caused 56 deaths,
five more than last year, and two more than the corrected
decennial average. No fewer than 27 of these deaths
occurred in children under one year.
Diseases of the urinary organs caused 22 deaths, eight
less than the corrected average. The majority of these
deaths were of persons over 45 years of age.
Premature birth, low vitality and congenital defects
were the cause of 82 deaths, 24 more than last year and 13
more than the decennial average. All these deaths were
of infants under one year.
The deaths from old age compare favourably with
last year, 53 as compared with 38, and were 11.8 below
the corrected average. 17 deaths occurred in the Union
Infirmary from old age.