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2. Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense
(e.e;. of Ear, Eye, Nose) are comprised in this Order. Nine
deaths were registered from these causes.
3. Circulatory System,—The deaths due to diseases
of the organs of circulation, heart and blood vessels, were 256,
as compared with 247, 210, and 200, in the three preceding
years respectively : 200 were registered in the Town subdistrict,
and 56 in Brompton. Heart diseases proper caused
233 deaths. To specified forms of disease 66 deaths were
ascribed, viz., Pericarditis, 5, Acute Endocarditis, 6; Valvular
Diseases of the Heart, 55; Other Diseases of the Heart caused
167 deaths. Aneurism was the cause of 6 deaths, and
Embolism, Thrombosis, of 9. Other Diseases of Blood. Vessels
caused 8 deaths.
4. Respiratory System.—The deaths from the diseases
of the respiratory organs, Phthisis being excluded, were 672
(as compared with 516, 491, and 572, in the three preceding
years respectively), and 22.2 per cent. of total deaths. Of
these deaths 575 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
97 in Brompton. The deaths under five years of age were
183, or 27.2 per cent., as compared with 43.8, 38.7, and 383,
per cent. in the three preceding years respectively; and at
fifty-five and upwards, 319, or 47 5 per cent., against 38 6,
36 9, and 40 7, per cent. in the three preceding years respectively.
The fatal diseases were Laryngitis, 3 deaths; Emphysema,
Asthma, 16; Bronchitis, 444; Pneumonia, 172; Pleurisy,
13; and Other Diseases of the Respiratory System, 23. Bronchitis
and Pneumonia, therefore, were accountable for 616
deaths (including 179 under five years of age), of which 87
were registered in Brompton. One death was registered from
Croup*
* Three cases of membranous croup were notified. The Registrar-General
classifies fatal cases of this disease to diphtheria.