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Class V.—Developmental Diseases.
In this class the total deaths were 196, viz., 164 in the
Town sub-district, and 32 in Brompton. Premature Birth
was the assigned cause of 64 deaths, 14 of them in the
Brompton sub-district; Atelectasis of 11, all of them in the
Town sub-district; and Congenital Malformation of 6, five of
them in the Town sub-district. Old Age was the registered
cause of 115 deaths, all but two of them at ages over sixtyfive:
between sixty-five and seventy-five there were 15 deaths
so classified; between seventy-five and eighty-five 59; and at
eighty-five and upwards 39.
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 1,616 deaths (as compared
with 1,324 in 1898) or 53.5 per cent. of the deaths from all
causes: 1,317 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
299 in Brompton: 375 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 291 deaths (as compared with
273, 265, and 241, in the three preceding years respectively),
viz., 228 in the Town sub-district, and 63 in Brompton: 56 of
the deaths were of children under five years of age, and 177
occurred at ages over forty-five. The fatal diseases were,
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes, 23 deaths; Apoplexy,
Softening of the Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis, 137 deaths
(100 in the Town sub-district, 37 in Brompton); Insanity,
General Paralysis of the Insane, 18 (eleven of them in the
Town sub-district:) Epilepsy, 14; Convulsions, 32 (all under
five, and 25 under one year): Laryngismus Stridulus, 5;
Disease of the Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans, 10;
Other Diseases of Nervous System, 52.