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Class VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System caused 328 deaths, in-
including 15 from Convulsions, 171 from Apoplexy,
and 28 from Epilepsy.
2. 611 deaths were due to diseases of the Circulatory System.
3. The diseases of the Respiratory Organs caused 763 deaths
(362 from Bronchitis and 125 from Pneumonia, 149
from Broncho-Pneumonia, and 67 from Pleuro-Pneumonia).
4. Diseases of the Digestive Organs caused 225 deaths, of
which 16 were due to Enteritis, 11 to Peritonitis, 61
to diseases of the Liver, 9 to Dentition, and 16 to
Appendicitis.
5. Diseases of the Urinary System caused 175 deaths.
6. Diseases of the Reproductive System, Integumentary
System, Locomotive System, Lymphatics, Organs of
Special Senses, and Gland-like Organs of uncertain
use, caused together 69 deaths.
Class VII.—Deaths from Violence.
167 deaths in all, including 141 from Accidents or Negligence,
10 from Burns and Scalds, 8 from Drowning, 11 from
Suffocation in Bed (all being infants under 1 year of age),
25 from Suicide and 1 from Homicide (murder).
Class VIII.—Other Causes.
96 deaths were registered in this class, consisting of deaths
from Dropsy, Tumours, Haemorrhages, Debility, Atrophy
and Inanition, or other ill-defined or non-specified causes.
Different rates of mortality from different diseases and groups
of diseases are given in terms of the total deaths (corrected or uncorrected)
in Tables R and S; whilst Table R gives also the deaths
from the chief Infantile Diseases, expressed in terms of the Infantile
population (or Number of Births). Allowing for the slight
differences between the corrected and uncorrected death returns, it
will be noted that in regard to both infantile and other diseases
Lambeth again compares favourably with London.