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being 40, (of which 15 occurred under five years of age), including 36 registered in the Town subdistrict.
Tabes Mesenterica, popularly known as consumption of the bowels, was the cause of
5 deaths, 4 of them in the Town sub-district; four under five years of age, and three under one
year. Tuberculosis of the Meninges was the cause of 35 deaths; 6 of them in Brompton, and 29
under five years of age. Phthisis (Tubereculosis of the Lungs) popularly known as decline or consumption,
was the cause of 234 deaths; 199 in the Town sub-district and 35 in Brompton.
The deaths from tubercular diseases were, proportionately to population, not nearly so numerous
in Brompton as in the Town sub-district. The total deaths were in the proportion of 1.3 per
1,000 of the population, the London death-rate from this cause being 1.7. Under the heading
" The Prevention and Treatment of Consumption," further information on the subject of Tuberculosis
will be found at page 36.]
Class V.—Developmental Diseases.
In this Class the total deaths were 203; viz., 170 in the Town sub-district, and 33 in Brompton.
Premature Birth was the assigned cause of 83 deaths,18 of them in the Brompton sub-district;
Atelectasis of 13, 11 of them in the Town sub-district; and Congenital Malformation of 15, 14 of them
in the Town sub-district. Old Age was the registered cause of 92 deaths, all but two of them at ages
over sixty-five: between sixty-five and seventy-five there were 10 deaths so classified ; between
seventy-five and eighty-five, 51 ; and at eighty-five and upwards, 29.
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 1,274 deaths (as compared with 1,338 in 1900), or
48.1 per cent, of the deaths from all causes: 1,017 were registered in the Town sub-district, and 257
in Brompton ; 277 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 246 deaths
(as compared with 241, 291, and 257, in the three preceding years respectively); viz., 199 in the Town
sub-district, and 47 in Brompton: 51 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, and 156
occurred at ages over forty-five. The fatal diseases were, Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes,
20 deaths; Apoplexy, Softening of the Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis, 121 deaths (98 in the Town
sub-district, 23 in Brompton); Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane, 22 (seventeen of them in the
Town sub-district); Epilepsy, 14; Convulsions, 31 (all under five, and 29 under one year) ; Laryngismus
Stridulus, 1; Disease of the Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans, 11; Other Diseases of Nervous
System, 26.
3. Circulatory System.—The deaths due to diseases of the organs of circulation, heart and
blood vessels, were 236, as compared with 200, 256, and 227, in the three preceding years respectively:
167 were registered in the Town sub-district, and 69 in Brompton. Heart diseases proper caused
213 deaths. To specified forms of disease, 60 deaths were ascribed ; viz., Pericarditis, 3; Acute
Endocarditis, 7; Valvular Diseases of the Heart, 50. Other Diseases of the Heart caused 153 deaths.
Aneurism was the cause of 6 deaths, and Embolism, Thrombosis, of 11. Other Diseases of Blood Vessels
caused 6 deaths.
4. Respiratory System. —The deaths from the diseases of the respiratory organs, Phthisis being
excluded, were 511 (as compared with 572, 672, and 542, in the three preceding years respectively),
and 19.3 per cent, of total deaths. Of these deaths 441 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
70 in Brompton. The deaths under five years of age were 168, or 32.9 per cent., as compared with
38.3, 27.2, and 31.5, per cent, in the three preceding years ; and at fifty-five and upwards, 226, or 44.2
per cent., against 40.7, 47.5, and 47.9, per cent, in the three preceding years. Bronchitis was the cause of
346 deaths, Pneumonia, of 113 : these diseases, therefore, were accountable for 459 deaths (including
160 under five years of age), of which 60 were registered in Brompton.
5. Digestive System.—The diseases of the various organs concerned in digestion were the
causes of 157 deaths; 51 of them under five years of age; 125 in the Town sub-district, and 32 in
Brompton. Dentition was the cause of 17 deaths under five, 11 of them under one year. Diseases
of the Stomach caused 27 deaths ; Enteritis, 23 ; Gastro-enterilis, 9 ; Obstructive Diseases of Intestine, 20 ;
Peritonitis, 15. Cirrhosis of Liver caused 24 deaths ; Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver, 15 (including
three under one year); and Other Diseases of Digestive System, 7 deaths.
8. Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Of the 91 deaths ascribed to these causes, 60 were registered
in the Town sub-district, and 31 in Brompton. The fatal diseases were Nephritis, 23 deaths ; Blight's
Disease (Albuminuria), 40; Diseases of Bladder or of Prostate, 17; and Other Diseases of Urinary
System, 11 deaths.
Class VII.—Deaths from Violence.
One hundred and ten deaths, including 41 under five years of age, and 33 under one year,
are distributed over two of the four Orders comprised in this Class: 20 of them belong to the
Brompton sub-district.