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Tubercular Meningitis and Hydrocephalus (water on the
brain) were the causes of 34 deaths; 4 of them in Brompton,
and 26 under five years of age. Phthisis, popularly known as
" decline " or " consumption," was the cause of 253 deaths;
4 between five and fifteen years of age, and 231) between
fifteen and sixty-five; viz., 27, 61, 60, 60 and 31, in the five
decennial periods consecutively : 10 deaths were registered at
ages over 65. Of total deaths, 207 belong to the Town subdistrict,
and 46 to Brompton. The deaths from tubercular
diseases were, proportionately, not so numerous in Brompton as
in the Town sub-district.
Class V. —Developmental Diseases.
In this Class the total deaths were 182, viz, 154 in the
Town sub-district, and 28 in Brompton. Premature Birth
was the assigned cause of 73 deaths, 12 of them in the Brompton
sub-district; Atelectasis of 8, all of them in the Town
sub-district; and Congenital Malformation of 11, 9 of them
in the Town sub-district. Old Age was the registered cause
of 90 deaths, all but one of them at ages over sixty-five:
between sixty-five and seventy-five there were 19 deaths so
classified; 45 between seventy-five and eighty-five; and 25 at
eighty-five and upwards.
Class VI. —Local Diseases.
The diseases in this Class, which comprises eleven Orders,
named after the systems or organs to which the diseases relate,
were accountable for 1,319 deaths (compared with 1,271 in
1894) or 480 per cent, of the deaths from all causes; 1,064
were registered in the Town sub-district, and 255 in Brompton;
357 were of children under five years of age. The deaths from
the diseases comprised in the several Orders were as follows :—
1. Nervous System.—Diseases of the nervous system
were the registered causes of 218 deaths (against 293, 305, and
295, in the preceding three years respectively), viz., 198 in the
own sub-district, and 50 in Brompton ; 60 of the deaths were