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OTHER GENERAL DISEASES.
Syphilis was the cause of 22 deaths, 21 of them in the Town sub-district.
Puerperal Diseases caused three deaths—between 25 and 45 years of age—two of them in
the Town sub-district. Four deaths were registered as having occurred from accidents connected
with childbirth. The deaths registered as having been caused by diseases and accidents associated
with parturition (seven in all), were equal to 2.0 per 1,000 live births, compared with rates
of 2.9, 2.2, and 3.5 per 1,000 in the three preceding years respectively.
Erysipelas was the cause of seven deaths, all of them in the Town sub-district. The notifications
of Erysipelas were 157 in number.
Tuberculosis in its various forms was the cause of 273 deaths, as compared with 310, 285,
and 342, in the three preceding years; 225 in the Town sub-district, and 48 in Brompton; 55 of
them under five years of age. Tubercular Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) was the certified
cause of 153 deaths (128 and 25 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively), and
"phthisis" of 46: total 199, or l.ll per 1,000 of the population. Tubercular Meningitis was
the cause of 27 deaths; Tubercular Peritonitis of 7; and General Tuberculosis of 25. The deaths
from Tubercular Diseases were, proportionately to population, not so numerous in Brompton as
in the Town sub-district. The total deaths were in the proportion of 1.5 per 1,000 of the population.
Further information on the subject of Tuberculosis will be found at pp. 40 and 54.