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Class VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System caused 415 deaths,
including 42 from Convulsions, 192 from Apoplexy, and
20 from Epilepsy.
2. 546 deaths were due to diseases of the Circulatory
System.
3. The diseases of the Respiratory Organs caused 837
deaths (402 from Bronchitis, and 163 from Pneumonia).
4. Diseases of the Digestive Organs caused 335 deaths, of
which 129 were due to Enteritis, 12 to Peritonitis,
69 to diseases of the Liver and 26 to Dentition.
5. Diseases of the Urinary System caused 179 deaths.
6. Diseases of the Reproductive System, Integumentary
System, Locomotive System, Lymphatics, Organs of
Special Senses, etc., caused together 92 deaths.
Class VII.—Deaths from Violence.
164 deaths in all, including 126 from Accidents, 14 from
Burns and Scalds, 11 from Drowning, 17 from Suffocation
in bed (15 being infants under 1 year) and 34 from Suicide.
Class VIII.—Other Causes.
151 deaths were registered in this class, consisting of deaths
from Dropsy, Tumours,' Haemorrhages, or other ill-defined
or non-specified causes.
Different rates of mortality from different diseases and groups
of diseases are given in terms of the total deaths (corrected and
uncorrected) in Tables T and U; whilst Table T gives also the
deaths from the chief Infantile Diseases, expressed in terms of
the Infantile population (or number of Births). Allowing for
the slight differences between corrected and uncorrected death