Table: TABLE 2.Skewing the Deaths from all Causes in the year 1866.
TABLE 2.
Skewing the Deaths from all Causes in the year 1866.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS. |
|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. |
|---|
| Fever | 33 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 125 |
| Small Pox | 43 | 61 | 37 | 14 | 155 |
| Measles | 9 | 28 | 38 | 16 | 91 |
| Scarlatina | 26 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 99 |
| Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Diarrhtca | 5 | 13 | 14S | 16 | 182 |
| Cholera | .. | 3 | 574 | 35 | 612 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | S3 | 43 | 17 | 46 | 169 |
| Croup | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 53 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 3 | o | 1G |
| Diseases of the Abdomiual Organs | 21 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 85 |
| Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia | 145 | 144 | 90 | 177 | 556 |
| Phthisis | 91 | 100 | 83 | 92 | 372 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | 61 | 72 | 68 | 62 | 263 |
| Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus | 27 | 51 | 63 | 51 | 192 |
| Dropsy | 19 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 61 |
| Cancer | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| Hernia | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Diseases of the Heart & Large Blood Vessels | 40 | 24 | 32 | 20 | 116 |
| Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases ofthe Brain | 53 | 46 | 34 | 38 | 171 |
| Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| Premature Birth and Debility from Birth. | 36 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 110 |
| Teething | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 36 |
| Old Age and Natural Decay | 54 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 166 |
| Violence, Privation, and Poison | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 65 |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 66 |
| Totals | 805 | 800 | 1442 | 776 | 3823 |
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