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Consumption was fatal to 64 persons. The deaths from other
tubercular diseases were 3G ; viz., 20 from mesenteric disease, G from
tubercular meningitis, 9 from hydrocephalus, and 1 from scrofula. In
the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from consumption
were 77, and from other tubercular diseases 33.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 38 persons; of
these, 32 died from disease of the heart, 1 from aneurism, and 5 from
pericarditis.
Diathetic or constitutional diseases were fatal to 42 persons; of
these G died from dropsy, 23 from cancer, 5 from mortification, 1 from
tumour, 5 from abscess, and 1 (a child) from noma or sloughing, and 1
from ulcer.
Diseases of the nervous system, exclusive of convulsions in children,
were fatal to GO persons. A child died from parasitic disease, viz., thrush.
Convulsions caused the death of 28 children. In the corresponding
quarter of last year the deaths by convulsions were 18.
The deaths from diseases of the digestive organs were 12; viz; 1
from perforation of the stomach, causing acute peritonitis, 3 from ascites,
3 from enteritis, 3 from hernia, and 2 from disease of the liver.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 19 ; of these,
18 were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, and 1 by disease of the bladder.
During the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths
from these causes were 17.
Enthetic diseases were fatal to G persons ; of these, 2 died from
congenital syphilis, 2 from syphilis (adults) and two from stricture of
the urethra.
There was one death from spinal disease, 4 from disease of the
bones, and one from disease of the joints.
There were 3 deaths from premature birth, 11 from teething, and
one from malformation (spina bifida).
There was one death from elephantiasis.
Two children died from want of breast-milk, 2 adults died from
privation, 1 from purpura, and 1 from lead poisoning.
Ten persons died of old age; of these, 6 were above 80 years of ago
one of whom had reached the advanced age of 9G, one person died of
premature decay at the age of 63.
The deaths from atrophy and debility were 10, while in the corresponding
quarter of last year there were 21.
There were 31 deaths from mechanical violence; of these, 3 were
caused by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Sixteen persons died from the effect of burns.
The deaths from mechanical violence and from burns were for the
corresponding quarter of last year, 41 and 9 respectively.
A child, aged 2 years, died of hœmorrhage from the lungs caused by
drinking boiling water from the spout of a tea kettle.
One person was drowned. Two children were suffocated in bed.