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In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 114; viz., 6 from measles, 2 from scarlet-fever,
18 from hooping-cough, 78 from diarrhoea, 5 from fever, and 5 from
choleraic-diarrhoea.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, have been 60 ; of these, 20 were caused by bronchitis, 37 by
pneumonia, 2 by asthma, and 1 by spasm of the glottis.
Consumption was fatal to 70 persons. The deaths from other"
tubercular diseases were 44; viz., 29 from mesenteric disease, 10 from
tubercular meningitis, 1 from hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, and 4
from scrofula. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths
from consumption were 66, and from other tubercular diseases 41.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 30 persons; of these,
25 died from disease of the heart, and 5 from aneurism.
Diathetic diseases were fatal to 23 persons ; of these 6 died from dropsy,
13 from cancer, 3 from mortification, and 1 from abscess.
There was 1 death from acute myelitis, 1 from cerebro-spinal meningitis,
11 from disease of the brain, 7 from apoplexy, 1 from epilepsy, and 1
from tetanus.
Convulsions caused the death of 27 children. In the correspondingquarter
of last year the deaths by convulsions were 23.
The deaths from diseases of the digestive organs were 20 j viz., 1 from
disease of the stomach, 1 from ulceration of the oesophagus, 1 from cancrum
oris, 1 from ascites, 2 from stomatitis, 3 from peritonitis, 2 from hernia, 1
from ileus, 5 from disease of the liver, 2 from ulceration of the intestines,
and 1 from ulceration of the rectum.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 21; of these, 12
were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 2 by diabetes, 2 by stone in
the bladder, and 5 by other diseases of the urinary organs.
During the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from
these causes were 22.
Two persons died in childbirth.
There were 15 deaths from premature birth, 3 from teething, and 1 from
malformation.
Two children died from want of breast-milk, and one person, an adult,
died from privation.
Two children died from congenital syphilis, and 1 adult from syphilis.
Thirteen persons died of old age ; of these, 9 were above 80 years of age.
The deaths from premature decay were 4, all of which were of persons
under 70 years of age.
The deaths from atrophy and debility were 16, while in the corresponding
quarter of last year they were 34.
There were 33 deaths from mechanical violence; of these, 12 were caused
by horses and vehicles in the streets.