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The total number of deaths due to Diseases of a Zymotic
Character was 310.
One hundred and seventy-seven deaths were registered from
Constitutional Diseases, and included 21 from Cancer, 41 from
Tabes, and 96 from Phthisis.
Local Diseases caused 537 deaths among which were 43 from
Inflammatory Affections of the Brain, 26 from Apoplexy, 65 from
Convulsions, 40 from Heart Disease, 179 from Bronchitis, and 76
from Pneumonia.
Diseases connected with Development caused 135 deaths,
and included 17 from Premature Birth, 17 from Teething, 13 from
Childbirth, 29 from Old Age, and 53 from Atrophy and Debility.
Seventy-three deaths were attributed to Violence, and included
10 from Fractures or Contusions, 6 from Burns or Scalds, 2 from
Poison, 32 from Drowning, 17 from Suffocation. Five persons
committed Suicide.
In reviewing these facts and figures one is struck by the
discrepancy which exists between the death rate of London and that
of your District. In the one case there is a death rate of but
21.4 per 1,000, and in the other the death rate amounts to 25 per
1,000. On the other hand the birth rate of your District is higher
than that of London, being in the one case 38.8, and in the other
34.3 ; these figures, together with the fact that in your District