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which a large proportion were certainly caused directly or indirectly
by alcohol. The deaths from these causes in the four
preceding years were 335, 336, 347, and 327, respectively.
92. The death rate from alcoholism and cirrhosis of the
liver was 0.16 in the Borough, and 0.25 in the County in 1907.
There is one licensed house per 658 population in the Borough,
and one per 266 in River Ward. Five licensed houses in River
Ward, and one in St. Mary's Ward, have been closed under
the Licensing Act, 1904.
Syphilis.
93. There were 7 deaths from Syphilis, compared with 14,
14, 10, and 9, in the four preceding years. Pour of these
occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary, and two in an outlying
institution. Two were males, and five females; five were
iufants under one year. There were in addition 9 deaths from
general paralysis and tabes dorsalis (locomotor-ataxy), diseases
which are now considered to be usually due to syphilis, compared
with 14 and 15 in the two previous years. These
figures are far from representing the total mortality caused by
this disease. The fact that six out of seven deaths from
syphilis occurred in public institutions indicates that deaths
from persons attended by private practitioners, due to this
cause, are commonly certified under some other disease.
Meteorology.
(Sec Table VIII.)
94. The temperature of the winter quarter of the year was
nearly normal; it had six weeks with an average temperature
above the normal and seven below. The same is true of the
spring quarter.
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