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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
23.4 below the corrected decennial average. 64 or 56
per cent, of the total deaths in this group occurred in
the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 2 in the Hospital for
Incurables, 4 in the Prison, and 1 in St. Peter's
Hospital. 32 deaths occurred in external institutions,
making a corrected total of 75 compared with 57 in
1896, and 96 in 1895.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were the cause
of 78 deaths, 25 of males and 53 of females. This is 11
less than last year, but is 14.8 above the decennial
average. 43 deaths from these diseases occurred in
external institutions, and 9 in internal institutions,
raising the total to a corrected one of 121. 30 of the
deaths in external institutions occurred in the Union
Infirmary. The corrected total in 1896 was 100.
Prom diseases of the respiratory organs, 117 deaths
occurred, 65 of males and 62 of females. This is 5 under
last year and 64.8 under the decennial average.
Ten deaths occurred in internal and 29 in external
institutions, making a corrected total of 136 compared
with 139 in 1890, and 156 in 1895.
58 deaths occurred from diseases of the digestive
organs. 24 occurred in external and 4 in internal institutions,
making a corrected total of 78. 43 or 55 per
cent, of these deaths occurred in infants under one year.
Prom urinary diseases, 24 deaths were registered,
3 more than last year, but 4.9 below the decennial
average. 7 of these deaths occurred in internal and 3 in
external institutions, making a corrected total of 20
compared with 23 in 1896.
Prom premature birth, low vitality, and congenital