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TABLE XVlll.—Diseases of Patients in the General Hospitals in the Dominion for the Quarter (roughly) ended 31st March, 1908 (classified according to the Bertillon System). Number Number Number Number „ of n ot^:i . oi oi Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths I. General Diseases. 11. Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs 1. Typhoid fever .. .. 158 32 °f Special Sense.— continued. 2. Typhus .. .. .... .. 70. Eclampsia (non-puerperal) ~. 7 3. Recurrent fever .. .. .. .. 71. Convulsions of children under 4. Intermittent fever and malaria 17 .. five years of age cachexia 72. Tetanus .. .. .. 9 4 5. Small-pox .. .. .... .. 73. Chorea .... .. 3 6. Measles .. ..... 56 2 74. Hysteria .. .. ..38 7. Scarlet fever .. ~ .. 158 1 74a. Neuralgia .. .. 16 8. Whooping-cough .. .. 14 .. 74b. Other diseases of the nervous 61 9. Croup .. .. .. 1 .. system 9a. Diphtheria .. .. ..201 10 75. Diseases of the eyes and their 191 1 10. Influenza .. .. .. 163 3 appendages 11. Miliary fever .. .... .. 76. Diseases of the ear .. ..35 12. Asiatic cholera 13. Cholera nostras .. .. 1 .. 111. Diseases of the Circulatory System. 14. Dysentery .. .. ..14 2 77- Pericarditis .. .. ..8 2 15. Plague .. .. .... .. 78> A cute endocarditis .. .. 5 3 16. Yellow fever .. .. .... .. 79. Organic diseases of the heart .. 235 76 17. Leprosy .. .. .... .. 8 0. Angina pectoris .. .. l 18. Erysipelas .. .. ..28 4 81 . Diseases of the arteries, atheroma, 4 19. Other epidemic diseases .. .. .. aneurism &o. 20. Purulent infection and septieEemia 13 8 g2. Embolism and'thrombosis ..7 3 21. Glanders and farcy .. .... .. g 3 . Diseases of the veins (varices, 146 22. Malignant pustule and" charbon" .. .. varicose, ulcers, haemorrhoids) 23. Rabies .. .. .... .. Diseases of the lymphatic system 7 24. Triohinosis .. .. .... .. 8 5. Haemorrhages ' .. .. 41 9 25. Pellagra .. .. .... .. 36, Other diseases of the circulatory 26. Tuberculosis of the larynx 13 2 system 27. Tuberoulosis of the lungs .. 225 60 28. Tuberculosis of the meninges .. 15 11 IV . Diseases of the Respiratory System. 29. Tuberculosis of the peruonseum 14 1 or? rv ~, , , „". 30. Pott's disease.. .. ..18 1 87. Diseases of the nasal fossae .79 31 Cold aiscess, symtomatio abscess .. .. f- *R , . seasas of f la v r > v , " *-J2 32. White swellings 89. Diseases of tlie thyroid body .18 1 33. Tuberculosis of bones .. .. 30 f- Acute bronchitis .. ..158 8 33a. Tuberculosis of other organs .. 5 .. 91. Chronic bronchitis .. 22 3 34. General tuberculosis .. .. .. .. 92. Bronclio-pneumoma .. ..154 12 35. Scrofula 93. Pneumonia 252 48 36 Svnhilis 34 94 * Pleuns y • ■ • • .. 151 12 36a. Softchancre" W -..4 \\ 95. Congestion of the lungs and pul- 3 2 37. Biennorrhagia of adults .. 28 .. QR _ m ° n "y apoplexy 38. Gonococcie diseases of children .. .. 96. Gangrene of tl.e lungs.. . under five vears of aee Ascnma .. .. ..do 1 39. Cancer, &c, of the mouth ..32 4 98. Pulmonary emphysema -;; 3 40. Cancer &c, of the stomach and 58 21 99. Other diseases of the respiratory 62 1 liver ' system (consumption excepted) 41. Cancer of the peritonaeum, the 7 1 T7 n j... * n n- +■ o . intestines, and the rectum F * Dlseas^s °f the Digestive System. 42. Cancer, &c, of the female genital 23 1 10 °- Diseases of the mouth and its 4 organs associated organs 43. Cancer, &c, of the breast ..13 1 101. Diseases of the pharynx ..20 44. Cancer, Ac, of the skin .. 7 .. 102 - Diseases of the oesophagus 45. Cancer, &c, of other organs .. 171 20 103 - uloer of the stomach .. 74 2 46. Other tumours (tumours of the 9 .. Wi - Other diseases of the stomach 233 16 female genital organs excepted) (cancer excluded) 47. Acute articular rheumatism .. 195 2 105 - Diarrhoea and enteritis .. 139 33 48. Chronic rheumatism and gout 24 .. 106. Intestinal parasites 49. Scurvy .. .. .. .. 107. Hernia, intestinal obstruction .. 189 14 50. Diabetes .. .. ..14 3 108. Other diseases of the intestines 19 51 Exophthalmic goitre .. .. 5 .. I°9- Diseases of the anus and fecal 16 52. Addison's disease .. .. 3 2 fistulas 53. Leucaemia .. .. .. 2 *" .. U°- Icterus gravis .. .. 4 54. Anaemia, chlorosis .. ..36 1 111. Hydatid tumours of the liver .. 3 55. Other general diseases .. .. .. H2- Cirrhosis of the liver .. .. 7 56. Acute and chronic alcoholism 16 1 1 13 - Biliary calculi 57. Lead-poisoning .. .. 5 .. H*- Other diseases of the liver 37 4 58. Other chronic poisonings due to 8 2 115. Diseases of the spleen .. occupations, necrosis phosporus 116. Simple peritonitis (non-puerperal) 18 7 59. Other chronic poisonings 16 .. H7- Other diseases of the digestive 2 system 11. Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs ns - Appendicitis and abscess of the 262 17 of Special Sense. iliao foss a 60. Enoephalatis .. .. .. 4 61. Simple meningitis .. 24 13 VI. Diseases of the Genito-urinary System and 62. Progressive locomotor ataxia .. .. ~ Adnexa. 63. Other diseases of the spinal cord 7 2 119. Acute nephritis .. .. 5 2 64. Congestion and hemorrhage of 15 9 120. Bright's disease .. 61 15 the brain 121. Other diseases of the kidneys and 36 3 65. Softening of the brain .. .. 4 3 their adnexa 66. Paralysis without indicated cause 42 5 122. Calculi of the urinary system 20 1 67. General paralysis .. 12 1 123. Diseases of the bladder .. 118 8 68. Other forms of mental alienation 53 .. 124. Other diseases of the uretha, 59 8 69. Epilepsy .. .. ... 31 3 urinary abscess, &c.