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with 1,353 in 1896) or 48.7 per cent. of the deaths from all
causes: 1,045 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
254 in Brompton : 394 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 265 deaths (as compared with
295, 248 and, 273, in the preceding three years respectively),
viz. 205 in the Town sub-district, and 60 in Brompton: 69 of
the deaths were of children under five years of age, and 151
occurred at ages over forty-five. The fatal Diseases were,
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes, 34 deaths; Apoplexy,
Softening of the Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis, 136 deaths
(96 in the Town sub-district, 40 in Brompton); Insanity,
General Paralysis of the insane, 15 (ten of them in the Town
sub-district:) Epilepsy, 5; Convulsions, 35 (all under five, and 31
under one year); Laryngismus Stridulus, 6; Disease of the
Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans, 7; Other Diseases
of Nervous System, 27.
2. Diseases ok the Organs of Special Sense
(e.g. of Ear, Eye, Nose) are comprised in this Order. Ten
deaths were registered from these causes.
3. Circulatory System.—The deaths due to diseases
of the organs of circulation, heart and blood vessels, were 210,
as compared with 159, 196, and 247, in the preceding three
years respectively : 153 were registered in the Town subdistrict,
and 57 in Brompton. Heart diseases proper caused
194 deaths. To specified forms of disease, 52 deaths were
ascribed, viz.. Pericarditis, 2; Acute Endocarditis, 6; Valvular
Diseases of the Heart, 44. Other Diseases of the Heart caused
142 deaths. A neurism was the cause of 5 deaths, and Embolism,
Thrombosis, of 7. Other Diseases of Blood Vessels caused 4
deaths.