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this order. The deaths were 736, against 600 last year, nearly one
fourth (24.63 per cent.) of the total number of deaths from all causes,
a mortality of 5.6 per thousand population. In the following table is
shown the distribution of the pulmonary deaths over the four quarters
of the year, and also the rainfall and mean temperature for each.
TABLE H.
Quarter ending.
Children
under five
years.
Persons
from five
to
fifty-five.
Persons
above
fifty-five.
Total.
Mean
Temperature.
Rainfall.
March
137
48
105
290
37.1
7.04
June
102
33
55
190
49.3
I0.3I
September
24
7
6
37
58.2
10.51
December
107
47
84
238
40.3
2.24
Total
370
135
250
755
46.2
Mean
Temperature
for Year.
30.10
Order 4.—Digestive Organs. Diseases of the Digestive organs
caused 71 deaths; of these 22 were from Inflammation of the Bowels,
5 from Inflammation of the Stomach, and 34 from various Diseases
of the Liver.
Order 5.—Diseases of the Urinary Organs caused 23 deaths, of
which 18 were from Kidney affection, 7 being amongst children
under five years of age; these were in some instances probably the
result of Scarlet Fever, though such was not stated in the medical
certificate.
Order 6.—Organs of Generation, 10 deaths; three were from
Ovarian Dropsy, and 7 from Uterine Disease; 12 cases of malignant
disease of the Womb are recorded under the head of Cancer.
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion, the diseases of the various
Bones and Joints of the body, caused 12 deaths.
Order 8.—Integumentary System, 6 deaths; 5 from Abscess
and 1 from Skin Disease. This last was a death from haemorrhage,
caused by the bursting of a vein, in the leg of a man suffering from
Elephantiasis.