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an attack of Rheumatism, which though not of itself
very often fatal, yet mortally maims many.
Erysipelas caused seven deaths, four of which were
those of young children; only one death was certified
as Puerperal Fever, though twelve were credited to
Child-birth.
Enthetic Diseases.— Privation caused one death,
but as the case was the subject of an inquest in which
the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, I have
placed it amongst the violent deaths; Want of Breast
Milk was the cause of eleven deaths; Alcoholism of
eight, five being cases of Delirium Tremens.
In several instances, however, where the deaths were
the subject of enquiry by the Coroner, the fatal termination
was, in the opinion of the jury, accelerated by
drink.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASE.
606 deaths were credited to this class, which includes
two orders, Diathetic and Tubercular. Cancer caused
49 deaths, most of them of middle aged persons; Mortification
nine, three of which were Senile Gangrene;
one Noma Pudendi ; the other five were cases of Gangrene
of the abdominal walls in infants, commencing at
the umbilicus, a form of disease which has its analogue
in the "navel ill" of the lower animals. Gout caused
five deaths, and Dropsy fourteen.
Tubercular Diseases were accountable for 423
deaths, of which no less than 372 were from Pulmonary