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CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
There were 576 deaths recorded under this head. Of these Cancer caused
32 deaths. Seven were from Cancer of the stomach, 6 of the womb, 2 each
of the tongue, rectum, and breast, 3 of the neck, and 1 each of liver, lumbar
glands, face, and larynx. The youngest was a child nine years old, with
Cancer of the neck, and the oldest a man of 82, with Cancer of the face
{lupus exedens). The others were all persons of middle age.
Pyœmia caused 4 deaths. Two were cases of joint disease, and one
followed a severe injury to the leg.
TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
Tubercular diseases were credited with 412 deaths, of which no less than
323 were from Phthisis alone. This number, however, includes the nonparishioners
in the Victoria Park Chest Hospital. Of the deaths from
Phthisis, 11 were certified as directly due to hoemorrhage from the
lungs.
The deaths from Tubercular disease, exclusive of Hydrocephalus, formed
14.6 per cent, of the total deaths from all causes.
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Under this head are grouped 312 deaths. Of these Apoplexy caused 41,
Paralysis, 55, and Insanity, 28. Convulsions caused 116 deaths, all, except
three, amongst young children, 91 of whom were less than one year of age.
By grouping together the various convulsive diseases of children, namely,
Hydrocephalus, 17; Infantile Meningitis, 70; Convulsions, 113; and
Teething, 32, we find there were 232 deaths, a mortality of 12.0 per
thousand children under five years of age, or nearly 16 per cent, of the
total number of children's deaths from all causes.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
As might have been anticipated, another cold, so-called "seasonable,"
winter, caused a very large mortality from Pulmonary diseases, and the
deaths (exclusive of Phthisis) were 598, one-fifth of the total deaths from
all causes, a mortality of 4.7 per thousand population.
The following Table distributes the Pulmonary deaths over the four
Quarters, and shows the mean temperature of each, and also of the whole
year.