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amounts of alcohol. Statistics compiled by the Bureau of In- 

 ternal Revenue show that there is an annual domestic consump- 

 tion of between nine and ten million proof liters of locally dis- 

 tilled spirits. This does not include the spirits from illicit stills. 

 The statistics for 1915 showed that there were found in the 

 Islands 103 illicit stills, while there were 75 registered stills. 

 The above statistics do not include imported spirits. 



ANEURISMS 



The aneurism incidence as seen at autopsy in Filipinos has been 

 tabulated primarily for comparison with Rogers's determina- 

 tion of aneurism incidence in the natives of India. A knowledge 

 of the incidence of aneurisms in tropical people may also be of 

 value for comparison with their incidence in people of temperate 

 climates. Such a comparison may throw light upon the alleged 

 greater virulence of oriental syphilis, in so far as this may be 

 manifested by the production of aneurisms. Practically all of 

 the aneurisms of this series have been found in cases of sudden 

 death, and all showed evidences of syphilis other than the 

 aneurism itself. 



Rogers reports that the post-mortem records of the Calcutta 

 Medical College showed 30 aneurisms among 5,900 autopsies, 

 making an incidence of 0.5 per cent, although among the natives 

 alone the aneurism incidence was 0.36 per cent. He claims that 

 syphilis is appallingly common among the class of natives who 

 enter the hospitals. 



Table V. — Race incidence of aneurisms in India. (5) 



Race. 



Aneu- 

 risms. 



Propor- 

 tion. 



Subjects. 



Race in- 

 cidence. 





9 



11 



8 



1 



31.1 



37.9 



27.6 



3.4 



7.0 

 67.4 

 21.8 



3.8 



2.2 



0.28 

 0.62 

 0.45 





MoharamedanB - _ 



Native Christians - - - 



Total 



20 



68.9 



93.0 



0.36 





In determining the incidence of aneurisms in Filipinos, I have 

 included all aneurisms found in 5,400 autopsies. The race, sex, 

 and age incidence are summarized in Table VI, while Table VII 

 shows the more important features of an analysis of all the 

 aneurisms with the associated lesions of rupture, atheroma, 

 chronic interstitial nephritis, and hypertrophy of the heart. 



