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Alcoholism.
In 3 cases death was certified to be due to alcoholism, and 15
persons died from cirrhosis of the liver, a disease usually attributed to
the consumption of alcohol. The total number of deaths recorded as
due to alcohol was, therefore, 18, as compared with 8 in 1912, but this
is certainly an under-statement of the total mortality that may be
directly attributed to this drug.
A true return of the mortality from Alcoholism and Venereal
disease will not be forthcoming until some radical alteration takes place
in the method of death certification. I feel sure that if the system of
notification of births was extended to the notification of deaths, and the
medical attendant was required to notify deaths and their causes to the
Medical Officer of Health, we should have a much more reliable guide
to the death-rate from causes such as Alcoholism and Venereal disease.
Diseases from Organic Heart Disease.
These accounted for 104 deaths, as compared with 100 in 1912.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from these diseases was 145, as compared with
135 in 1912. Twenty-one deaths occurred in children under five years
of age, and 63 in persons aged from 65 and upwards.
Of the total deaths, 58 were due to bronchitis, 73 to pneumonia,
and 14 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.