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| AGES | MONTHS. | YEARS. | Total | M. | F. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Causes of Death. | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 | |||
| I. Zymotic: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Scarlatina | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
| Hooping Cough | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Croup | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Thrush | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 6 | |||
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Scurvy and Purpura | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Remittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Infantile Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever (Me-tria) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Syphilis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Noma (Canker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| II. Dropsy, &c.: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haemorrhage | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dropsy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Abcess | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ulcer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fistula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mortification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | __ | 2 | — | _ | — | 9 | 7 | |
| Gout | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| III. Tubercular: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tabes Mesenterica | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 23 | 11 |
| Hydrocephalus | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 75 | 71 | |||