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tury, 1803, 1805, 1827, 1830, 1831, 1832,1833, 1837, 1839,
1843, 1847, 1848, 1850, 1851, 1857, 1858, I860, 1864,
1867, 1872, 1874, 1879, and the present epidemic makes
the eightieth epidemic since 1173. Influenza is also said to
have prevailed as early as 827, 876 and 976.
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
The principal tubercular diseases in this class oi diseases
caused 167 deaths, equal to 164 deaths per 1,000 of total
deaths at all ages. Phthisis (consumption of the lungs) was
fatal to 142 persons; the other forms of scrofulous disease
destroyed 25 lives, chiefly children.
III. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
These diseases caused 270 deaths, equivalent to a deathrate
of 5 "9 per 1,000 living.
Bronchitis and pneumonia were responsible for 262
deaths.
The Registrar-General states "that in 1890 the increased
mortality from diseases of the respiratory system was most
remarkable; in 1889 there had been a saving under this heading
of 4,376 lives, when the year's mortality was compared
with the average of the previous decennium; but in 1 890
this saving was transformed into a loss of 2,143 lives."
IV. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Inquests.
There were 92 cases of sudden and violent deaths which
required investigation before the Coroner.
The various causes of death returned by the Jurors are
classified as follows ; —