View report page

25
CLASS IV.—Nervous Diseases.—This class was responsible
for 125 deaths, equal to 8'3 per cent. of the total deaths.
Of this number 19 were cases of Insanity, 19 Meningitis, 35
Convulsions; of the latter 24 were children under 1 year.
CLASS V.—Diseases of Heart and Circulation.
Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels accounted for 220 deaths,
equal to 14.5 per cent. of the total deaths. Sixty-six deaths were
due to Apoplexy.
CLASS VI.—Respiratory Diseases.—This class was the
cause of 213 deaths, equal to 14.1 per cent. of the total deaths
from all causes. The highest number of deaths occurred during
the. 48th week. (See Chart A). Bronchitis and Pneumonia
were the most fatal, particularly to children under 5 years of
age. (See Table 14).
CLASS VII.—Digestive Diseases.—To this class 155
deaths, or 10.2 per cent. of the total deaths, were assigned; 78 of
these occurred to children under 1 year.
CLASS VIII.—Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Fifty-three
or 3.5 per cent. of the total deaths were recorded in this class.
CLASS IX.—Diseases of Generative Organs.—Only 5
deaths were registered in this group.
CLASS X.—General or Constitutional Diseases.—Of the
256, or 16.9 per cent. of the total deaths due to disease in this
class, Old Age claimed 104 of the total, and Premature Birth
was the certified cause of 68.
CLASS XI.—Accidents—Forty fatal accidents occurred,
three of which were due to overlaying.
CLASS XII.—Violence, Suicides, &c.—Fourteen suicidcs
and two other violent deaths occurred in the Borough.
NOTE:—Chart B. contains a diagramatic comparison of
deaths occurring in various groups.