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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 1,353 deaths (against 1,319 in
1895) or 46.8 per cent. of the deaths from all causes: 1.093
were registered in the Town sub-district, and 260 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 273 deaths (against 305, 295,
and 248, in the preceding three years respectively), viz., 220 in
the Town sub-district, and 53 in Brompton; 74 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, 20 deaths; Apoplexy, Softening of
the Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis, 124 deaths (98 in
the Town sub-district, 26 in Brompton); Insanity, General
Paralysis of the Insane, 20 (18 of them in the Town subdistrict):
Epilepsy, 12; Convulsions, 53 (all under five, and
47 under one year) ; Laryngismus Stridulus, 6; Disease of
the Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans, 6 ; Other
Diseases of Nervous System, 32.
2. Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense (e.q.,
of Ear, Eye, Nose) are comprised in this Order. Three deaths
were registered from these causes.
3. Circulatory System.—The deaths due to diseases
of the organs of circulation, heart and blood vessels, were 247,
against 219, 159, and 196, in the preceding three years respectively: 182 were registered in the Town sub-district, and 65
in Brompton. Heart diseases proper caused 214 deaths. To
specified forms of disease, 103 deaths were ascribed, viz.,
Pericarditis, 1; Acute Endocarditis, 7; Valvular Diseasen