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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 151
101 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 40 from
one to two years, 20 from two to five years, seven from five to 15
years, seven from 15 to 25 years, 49 from 25 to 45 years, 123 from
45 to 65 years, and 183 over 65 years.
The greatest number of deaths from these diseases occurred
among persons from 45 to 65 years, and over 65 years.
From Bronchitis alone 143 deaths occurred among persons
over 65 years of age, compared with 133 in 1911.
Appendicitis and Typhlitis.
29 deaths occurred from these diseases, 13 of males and 16 of
females, equal to a rate of 92 per million, compared with 77 in
1911, 21 in 1910, and 19 in 1909. It is advisable to make a special
note of this cause of death as it seems to show a tendency to increase.
This increase may be due to greater precision in certification,
many of the deaths previously registered as due to Peritonitis
having been doubtless due to Appendicitis.
The Registrar General in his Report for England and Wales
for 1910, states that the recorded death-rate had increased from
38 per million in 1901 to 66 in 1910, while the rate from Peritonitis
has decreased from nearly 51 to 15.
Deaths from other Causes.
From Alcoholism, Acute and Chronic, 13 deaths, eight of
males and five of females, occurred ; and 39, 23 of males and 16 of
females, from Cirrhosis of the Liver, compared with 14 and 39
in 1911.
From Nephritis, and Bright's disease 109 deaths occurred,.
72 of males and 37 of females, compared with 128 in 1911.