40
Other From these classes 871 were returned 123 being
causes of
death than from bronchitis, 74 pneumonia, laryngitis 7, asthma 3
and pleurisy 4—in all, 211 from disease of the
respiratory organs.
Of the constitutional diseases there were 224 deaths, 99
being from phthisis, atrophy 45, cancer 30, and other diseases
50.
From diseases of the digestive organs 60 were returned, 25
males and 35 females—21 being under 1, 33 under 20 years of
age, and 31, 20 and upwards.
The deaths of infants from premature birth were 98. These
are more numerous than last year and augment the number of
deaths, and add more than one per 1,000 to the death rate.
The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic
causes during the past ten years.
Table: TABLE IV.
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TABLE IV.
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 Tubercular, including Phthisis 196 210 198 255 266 239 237 205 160 170 Of Brain, Nerves, &c. 117 147 173 168 170 178 169 159 116 112 Of the Heart, &c. 72 94 83 85 95 108 104 91 66 62 Of the Respiratory Organs, excluding Phthisis 215 266 272 318 248 327 316 302 246 211 Of Digestive Organs 47 59 59 68 63 52 69 66 76 60 Of Urinary Organs 15 26 26 32 19 30 21 36 16 27 Of Organs of Generation 9 14 14 11 12 16 11 14 3 8 Of Joints, Bones, &c. 3 15 12 19 12 5 18 29 9 3 Of Cancer 22 21 25 33 17 31 33 33 24 30 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. 70 37 78 30 33 55 61 100 79 98 Of Uncertain Seat & other Diseases 36 27 27 13 39 29 24 30 10 24 Age 35 31 37 64 45 54 74 67 25 29 Violence ... 23 40 30 20 39 29 35 26 19 27 Constitutional 4 10 6 7 10 8 11 21 20 10 Total 864 997 1028 1123 1068 1161 1183 1179 869 871
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Of the 871 deaths, 412 were those of males and 459 of
females.