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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FIRST QUARTER IN 1857.
1st week
2nd wk.
3rd wk.
4th wk.
5th wk.
6th wk.
7th wk.
8th wk.
9th wk.
10 th wk.
11th wk.
12th wk.
13th wk.
Totals.
Deaths from all causes males
21
16
12
11
9
21
18
13
11
13
12
15
22
194
females
18
16
16
18
19
7
14
13
8
17
11
16
25
198
Total
39
32
28
29
28
28
32
26
19
30
23
31
47
392
Diseases.
1. Zymotic
9
8
6
2
5
7
10
3
4
11
2
5
6
78
2. Dropsy, cancer, and others of uncertain seat
1
1
..
..
3
3
..
2
1
1
..
1
2
15
3. Tubercular class
5
2
10
6
3
3
6
6
3
3
5
6
14
72
4. Of brain, nerves, &c.
4
3
2
3
3
5
2
4
1
1
1
3
2
34
5. Of heart, arteries, &c.
1
2
..
..
..
2
2
..
1
2
..
1
3
14
6. Of respiratory organs
11
7
6
9
6
4
7
6
5
5
6
8
8
88
7. Of digestive organs
2
2
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
3
5
1
3
28
8. Of kidneys, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
1
1
..
1
4
9. Of uterus, viz. puerperal disease, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
1
1
10. Of joints, bones; viz. rheumatism
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0
11. Of skin
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12. Malformations
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
13. Debility from premature birth
4
..
2
2
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
11
14. Atrophy
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
28
15. Age
2
3
1
5
4
..
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
0
16. Sudden
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17. Violence, privation, &c
..
4
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
5
13
Temperature
40.6
36.8
36.5
38.1
31.2
32.3
40.9
42.5
41.2
43.1
37.2
45.1
39.6
392
Ditto (average of 10 years)
38.4
38.3
38.8
38.2
39.0
41.0
37.2
39.7
40.0
39.3
41.0
41.3
42.0
Births males
32
19
20
15
28
18
18
29
27
27
21
25
27
306
females
30
21
31
18
18
16
23
23
2G
25
21
16
25
Total births
62
40
51
33
46
34
41
52
53
52
42
41
52
599
Deaths in Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums 26
Total number of deaths from all causes 392
Total 418