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Table I.-Epitome of Causes of Death.

1908. 1907.

I. Total General Diseases, See Table I (a), 1,165 914

II. Local Diseases :-

(a.) Of the Nervous System, 3 7

(b.) Of the Circulatory System, 33 24

(c.) Of the Respiratory System, 865 348

(d.) Of the Digestive System, 260 68

(e.) Of the Genito-Urinary System, 10 10

III. Deaths from Violence, 106 113

IV Decomposed Bodies, 263 267

Total, 2,705 1,751

Table I (a.)--General Diseases.

Small-pox, 245 184

Plague, 300 69

Cholera, 9 9

Beri-beri, 65 83

Malaria, 50 44

Septicæmia, 18 31

Diphtheria, 16

Typhoid, 3

General Tuberculosis, 63 61

Prematurity, 113 58

Marasmic Condition, 287 238

Pyæmia,

Cellulitis, 2

Syphilis (mostly Congenital), 21

Abscess, 2 I

Still Birth, 48 70

Tetanus, 9 1

Erysipelas,

Old Age, 3 1

Atelectasis, 15 29

Convulsion, 1 1

Leprosy,

Tuberculosis of Joints,

Other Diseases, ...

Table I (b.)—Local Diseases.

(a.) Of the Nervous System.

Softening of the Brain, 1 I

Epilepsy, 1 1

Meningitis, 1 3

Other Diseases, 3

Total, 3 7

(b.) of the Circulatory System.

Pericarditis, 10 11

Aortic Aneurism, 6 6

Cardiac Failure, 4 4

Heart Disease, 4

Fatty Degeneration of Heart, 5 2

Mitral Regurgitation, 1

Aortic Regurgitation, 2 1

Congenital Heart Disease, 1

Total, 33 24

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