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pared with those of the last four years, during
which time the particular causes have been duly
registered. You will notice that the deaths from
violence have fallen from an average of 163 to
158, and those from bronchitis and pneumonia
from 521 to 457. Tubercular diseases have also
diminished from a general average of 647 to
583; phthisis has fallen from 372 to 342;
tabes and scrofula from 179 to 153; and hydrocephalus
from 96 to 88. But there are other
diseases which have advanced. Teething and
the convulsions of infancy have risen from an
average of 164 to 193; and the zymotic class
of affections have increased from an average
of 620 to 665. This has been caused by the
general prevalence of eruptive disorders—measles
for example have risen from 68 to 88, small-pox
from 27 to 47, and scarlet fever from 110 to 127.
The zymotic affections of the throat, as croup,
whooping-cough, and diphtheria, have likewise been
unusually fatal, in the proportion of 173 to 149.
But the especial diseases of putridity, of filth, and
of over-crowding have been notably diminished:
continued fevers have fallen from an average of 121
to 107; alvine-flux from 45 to 31; and erysipelas
from 22 to 10. The pathogenic tests, therefore,
of the sanitary condition of this City, have not
failed to show a marked improvement in the public