60 INFOR1MA.TION RELATING TO INSURANCE AND THRIFT 



Number of Deaths Percentage Order 



I. Contagious and infectious diseases 692 16.57 3 



II. Diseases of the nen-ous system. . 141 3.38 7 



III. » )) » respiratory organs 122 2.92 9 



IV. » » » digestive « . 1,408 33-72 i 

 V. )> » )) circulation .... 79 1.89 ii 



VI. » » » urinary organs . . 129 3.09 8 



VII. )) » » sexual » . . ']']'] 18.61 2 



VIII. » » » locomotive « . , 240 5.75 4 



IX. » » )' skin 24 0.58 12 



X. Poisoning . . . ". 8 0.19 14 



XI. Tumours and constitutional defects 206 4.93 6 



XII. Animal parasites 108 2.59 10 



XIII. Exterior causes 217 5.20 5 



XIV. Undetermined causes 24 0.58 13 



4,175 100.00 



Cases of indemnities paid for insured an- 

 imals raised for butchery 235 



4,410 



The most numerous deaths were caused, as in 1914, by diseases of the 

 digestive organs, namely 1,408 or 33.72 of the whole number, which gives 

 an increase of 0.24 per cent. Of these 1,408 deaths 594 were due to diseas- 

 es caused b}- foreign bodies. Deaths due to flatulence among live stock 

 also increased notably, the reason for which must be sought in the fact 

 that in many cases feeding had to be left to inexperienced persons incap- 

 able of correctly regulating the amount of nourishment given to animals. 



Diseases of the sexual organs occupy the second place as having caused 

 777 deaths, that is 18.61 per cent, of their total number, or less by 2.47 per 

 cent, than in 1914 when such percentage was 21.08. 



Contagious and infectious diseases account for 692 deaths or 16.57 P^^ 

 cent, of the whole number, showing an increase of 1.07 per cent, on 1914. 



Included among, them are : 



a) Tuberculosis which alone caused 390 deaths. This figure excludes 

 235 cases of tuberculosis found among animals normally slaughtered. 

 Thus the total number of deaths due to tuberculosis was 625, or 14.17 per 

 cent, of all the deaths. The figure shows an increase of 12.24 per cent, 

 as compared with that of the previous year. 



