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Class VII.— Deaths from Violence.
One hundred and twelve deaths, including 43 under five
years of age, and 30 under one year, are distributed over two
of the four Orders comprised in this Class : 17 of them belong
to the Brompton sub-district.
1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths, 99, including
13 in Brompton, and 43 under five years of age; viz.,
from Fractures and Contusions, 53; Burn, Scald, 10 ; Poison, 1;
Suffocation, mostly of infants overlaid, 31; Otherwise, 4.
Thirty of these "accidents" occurred to children of less than
one year old. Thirty of the deaths from suffocation were
registered in the Town sub-district.
3. Suicide.—Total deaths, 12; including 4; in Brompton,
viz., by Gun-shot Wounds, 5; Poison, 5; Drowning, 1 ;
Hanging, 1.
Class VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not
Specified Causes.
This Class includes the causes of 132 deaths, 115 under
five years of age, and 102 under one year; 117 and 15 in the
Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively. The causes
named are: Dropsy, 3; Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, 111
deaths (all under five years of age, and 99 under one year);
Mortification, 4; Tumour, 2; Abscess, 3; and Hemorrhage,
1. To Causes not Specified, or Ill-defined, 8 deaths were ascribed.