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Table of Cimses of Death (cont.). 



Causes of Death. 



Mammals. Bii-ds. Reptiles. 



Hepatic. 



Fatty degeuevatiou otlivpr 



Mjoioid metaplasia 



Necvosis of 1 i vcr 



Portal pyiL'niia 



Pancreatic. 



Pancreatitis 



Genital organs. 



Ego;-biudii)g 



Inflammation of oviduct 



Postpartum sepsis 



Nervotts System. 



Congestion of ])rain 



Abscess of frontal sinus 



Acnte Infections. 



Tuberculosis 



Mycosis 



SepticBemia 



Pyaemia 



Helmintliiasis 



Caries of jaw 



Malignant disease. 



Carcinoma of thyroid 



Sarcoma 



Miscellaneous Causes. 



Osteomalacea 



Debility 



Inanition 



Exposure 



HfEmorrhage, fractured femur 



Drowned 



Killed 



Destroyed by rats 



Not diagnosed 



Not examined 



Decomposed 



17 



16 

 1 

 3 

 9 

 5 



9 

 23 

 7 

 1 

 6 



60 

 13 

 16 

 1 

 24 



3 

 36 



3 







14 



11 



78 



Numbers of 

 Explanatory 



Notes. 



10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 



15 



16 



98 mammals and 93 reptiles have died. This gives a percentage 

 of 10-0 for mammals and 8-1 for reptiles. 



It is not possible to give an accurate figure for birds, since so 

 many of the smaller birds of the same species are kept together, 

 which makes it impossible to distinguish a bird which has been 

 in the Gardens a month from one which has been there a year. 



Explanatory Notes. 



1. Empysema. — This occurred in a black bear. 



3. Nephritis. — The small incidence of this disease referred to 



last year has continued. It is noted to increase among 



the mammals in cold weather. 



