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3. Circulatory System.—The deaths due to diseases
of the organs of circulation, heart and blood vessels, were 200,
as compared with 196, 247, and 210, in the preceding three
years respectively : 158 were registered in the Town subdistrict,
and 42 in Brompton. Heart diseases proper caused
182 deaths. To specified forms of disease 74 deaths were
ascribed, viz., Pericarditis, 7; Acute Endocarditis, 7 ; Valvular
Diseases of the Heart, 60. Other Diseases of the Heart caused
108 deaths. Aneurism was the cause of 6 deaths, and Embolism,
Thrombosis, of 10. Other Diseases of Blood Vessels caused 2
deaths.
4. Respiratory System.—The deaths from the diseases
of the respiratory organs, Phthisis being excluded, were 572
(as compared with 574, 516, and 491, in the preceding three
years respectively), and 20 4 per cent of total deaths. Of
these deaths 482 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
90 in Brompton. The deaths under five years of age were
219, or 383 per cent., as compared with 34*0, 43-8, and 38*7,
per cent, in the preceding three years respectively ; and at
fifty-five and upwards 233, or 40 7 per cent., against 46*3, 38 6,
and 36 9, per cent, in the preceding three years respectively.
The fatal diseases were Laryngitis, 5 deaths ; Emphysema,
Asthma, 9 ; Bronchitis, 376 ; Pneumonia, 147 ; Pleurisy, 8 ;
and Other Diseases of the Respiratory System, 27. Bronchitis
and Pneumonia, therefore, were accountable for 523 deaths
(including 208 under five years of age), of which 80 were
registered in Brompton. No death was registered from
Croup.*
5. Digestive System.—The diseases of the various
organs concerned in digestion were the causes of 213 deaths:
93 of them under five years of age; 170 in the Town subdistrict
and 43 in Brompton. Dentition was the cause of 18
* Seven cases of membranous croup were notified. The Registrar-General
classifies fatal cases of this disease to diphtheria.