Table: TABLE 2.Shewing the Deaths from all Causes in the year 1865.
TABLE 2.
Shewing the Deaths from all Causes in the year 1865.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. |
|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. |
|---|
| Fever | 15 | 37 | 31 | 39 | 122 |
| Small Pox | .. | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| Measles | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| Scarlatina | 39 | 19 | 35 | 52 | 145 |
| Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Diarrhœa | 9 | 24 | 80 | 19 | 132 |
| Cholera | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | 10 |
| Dysentery | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 40 | 9 | 29 | 117 |
| Croup | 15 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Diseases of the Abdominal Organs | 19 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 85 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 189 | 110 | 58 | 118 | 475 |
| Phthisis | 95 | 98 | 70 | 82 | 345 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | 73 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 227 |
| Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 30 | 43 | 70 | 48 | 191 |
| Dropsy | 18 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 56 |
| Cancer | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| Hernia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of the Heart & Large Blood Vessels | 23 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 91 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain | 52 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 171 |
| Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth | 30 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 101 |
| Teething | 16 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 49 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 46 | 26 | 30 | 42 | 144 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 26 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 83 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 8 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 |
| Totals | 766 | 645 | 631 | 728 | 2770 |
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