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136
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
From other Tubercular diseases there were 48 deaths,
four of these occurring in internal institutions. There
were six deaths in outlying institutions, making a
corrected total of 50, an increase of 19 compared with
the previous year. 23 of the above deaths occurred in
children under one year, and 20 in children from one to
five years, while only seven occurred at other ages. The
fact that so many deaths from Tuberculosis of the
bowels and brain occurred in young children, is a
strong argument in favour of the opinion that the
drinking of milk, in which the germ of this disease is
present, is the cause of these diseases.
From Gout, Rhumatism, Cancer, and other Constitutional
diseases 35 deaths occurred, 25 less than in
1899, and 24 below the corrected decennial average.
There were 11 deaths in external, and seven in internal
institutions, the corrected total being 39 compared with
79 in the previous year.
Cancer alone was the cause of 34 deaths, compared
with 55 in 1899, 41 in 1898, and 48 in 1897.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system 93
deaths were registered, 23 fewer than last year, and 37.5
under the decennial average.
In the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum there occurred
46 deaths from these diseases, five in the Royal Hospital
for Incurables, and one in St. Peter's Hospital, a total of
52, or 22 less than last year.
In external institutions 26 deaths occurred, making
a corrected total of 67, compared with 58 in 1899.
From diseases of the organs of circulation there
were 99 deaths, eight less than last year, but 17.2 above