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those from causes more or less preventable, viz.:—Premature birth
30; Injury at birth, 2; Debility at birth, 2; Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus, 22; Atelectasis, 4; Dentition, 3; Rickets, 4; and Want
of Breast Milk, 1.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 137 in number, were from Old Age; in
1910 there were 109 deaths from this cause, and 118 in the previous
year.
Local Diseases. Nervous System. One hundred and thirtysix
deaths were attributed to the various nervous diseases, which
gives a rate of 1.50 per 1,000; last year the rate was 1.31 per 1,000.
Convulsions were responsible for 17, all being under five years of
age; 10 were from Meningitis, 60 from Apoplexy, 9 from Hemiplegia
or Brain Paralysis, 4 from General Paralysis of the Insane,
Epilepsy, 1 from Laryngismus Stridulus, 3 from Locomotor Ataxy,
5 from Paraplegia, and 10 from other diseases of this system.
Organs of Special Sense. There were 4 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of 0.04 per 1,000.
Circulatory System. The Death Rate from diseases of this
system was 1.90 per 1,000, there being a total of 172 such deaths.
Valvular Diseases of the heart were responsible for 85, 1 from
Angina Pectoris, 9 from Aneurism, 11 from Embolism, and from
the remaining diseases of this system, 66.
Respiratory System. Two hundred and forty-nine deaths
were due to diseases of the respiratory organs, as compared with
263 in the preceding year. The Death Rate under this heading
equals 2.76 per 1,000. Forty-eight were from Acute and 72 from
Chronic Bronchitis; 118 from the various forms of Pneumonia, 63
being under five years of age, and 1 from Pleurisy, 3 to Emphysema,
2 to Laryngitis, and 5 to other diseases.
Digestive System. There were 49 deaths from diseases of
this system, equal to a rate of 0.54 per 1,000; (also Enteritis was
responsible for 4, 3 being under five years of age); 10 were due
to Ulcer of the Stomach and Duodenum, 6 to Appendicitis, 4 to
Obstruction, and 4 to other diseases of the Intestines, 4 to
Cirrhosis, and 3 to other diseases of the Liver, 9 to other diseases
of Stomach, and 4 to other diseases of the Digestive System, and
1 to diseases of Mouth and Annexa.
Lymphatic System. There was 1 death from a disease
affecting this system during the year.