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The chief causes of death during the year are
classified in Table VIII. of the Appendix. The leading
facts may be thus expressed: of every 1,000
deaths, among all classes in the City, there were
164 from pneumonia and bronchitis, 113 from
phthisis, 76 from tabes and scrofula, 25 from hydrocephalus,
55 from convulsions and teething, 27
from diarrhoea, 71 from scarlet-fever, 39 from
continued fever, 15 from small-pox, 24 from
measles, 9 from erysipelas, 50 from whoopingcough,
croup, and diphtheria, 62 from violence,
privation, and poison, and 270 from causes of a
chronic nature—altogether, therefore, there were
214 deaths in every 1,000 from tubercular diseases,
164 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and
235 from diseases of a zymotic character. The
average numbers, for the last ten years, are 212
from the first-named maladies, 164 from the second,
and 206 from the third. In all England the proportions
are 160, 149, and 194 respectively. Each
of these groups of diseases is thus seen to be more
prevalent and fatal in the City than elsewhere. The
miasmatic diseases, especially during the last year,
have not only been in excess of the common average
for the whole country, but have also been in excess
of the average for the City. The chief increase has
been caused by an excessive mortality from smallpox
and scarlet-fever—both of which have been
unusually prevalent during the last twelve months.