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MEASLES.
(Decennial average 95.1).
Measles caused 124 deaths; out of which all except 14 were
those of young children. A large proportion of these deaths
occurred in the last quarter of the year.
DIETETIC DISEASES.
Seven deaths were attributed to intemperance.
The following is a list (most of them were returned by the Coroner):—
Cause of Death.
Sex.
Age.
Effusion of Blood on Brain
Female
52
Hæmatemesis
Male
78
Suffocation whilst Drunk
Female
30
Coma (found Dead)
Female
37
Ditto
Male
36
Delirium Tremens
Male
27
Suicide whilst Drunk (Carbolic Acid)
Male
36
PRIVATION.
Two infants were certified to have died from want of breast
milk; a male, aged 72, died from Bronchitis, accelerated by cold;
an infant, aged 12 weeks, died from the same cause; a man, aged
60, died from Pericardial Effusion, accelerated by inclement
weather; a female infant, two-and-a-half days old, died from
defective vitality and destitution of its mother; a female infant
died from congestion of the lungs and want of proper care; and a
man and a woman, aged respectively 41 and 49, died from want
of the proper necessaries of life.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASE.
Under this head 439 deaths were returned. Of these Cancer
caused 69; the chief organs affected were liver and intestines, 21;
womb, 16; tongue, 7; breast, 4.