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Order 8. Integumentary System.-9 deaths, viz., Abscess, 4; Ulcer
3; and " skin disease," 2.
Class 4.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
The deaths in this class were 349, of which only 51 occurred in
the Brompton sub-district.
Order 1. Diseases of Children.-Premature birth, 42 (33 in
the summer quarters, and only nine in the winter quarters), Malformations,
8; Teething, 26.
Order 2. Diseases of Adults. Childbirth (already alluded to
under the head 'puerperal mortality') 11 deaths.
Order 3. Diseases of Old People.-The deaths in this order
are grouped under the significant heading " old age," and were 118
in number. Two deaths from this " cause" were registered under
65; 34 between 65 and 75 ; 51 between 75 and 85; 26 between
85 and 95 ; and 5 above 95 years of age.
Order 4. Diseases of Nutrition.— Atrophy and Debility,
namely. Number of deaths 144, 131 and 13 in the two sub-districts,
respectively ; 128 occurred under one year ; 11 in the second year,
and 3 between 2 and 5. A death from this cause was registered
between 45 and 55, and one between 55 and 65. Many of the
deaths due to atrophy and debility might be more properly ascribed
to an antecedent cause; to wit, bad or improper food in the case of
weaned children, and the children of poor women who go out to
work. Scrofula also is in some cases the proximate cause of the
wasting.
Class 5. Violent Death.—52 deaths; 36 in the Town, and 16
in the Brompton sub-district, viz. Order 1. Accident or Negligence.—Fractures
and contusions, 22; burns and scalds, 5 ; poison,
1; drowning, 1; suffocation, 10; "otherwise," 1. Order 3. Homicide,
murder, and manslaughter, 0. Order 4. Suicide, wounds, gunshot,
cut, stab, 1; poison, 1; drowning, 2 ; hanging, 3 ; " otherwise,"
2. Order 5. Execution, 0. Sudden deaths (cause unascertained) 3.
Causes not specified or ill-defined, 13.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The deaths registered in the principal public institutions formed
12.1 per cent, of total deaths, the equivalent rate, in all London
being 16.9. At present the principal public institutions enumerated
are the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest
at Brompton, the Workhouse and Parish Infirmary, and St.
Joseph's House, both in the Town registration sub-district. There
are numerous other minor public institutions, e.g. Kensington Barracks,
the Crippled Boys Home, Orphanages, Homes, Convents, &c.
A very important addition to the number will shortly be made, the
Marylebone Guardians having acquired a large site at Notting
Hill for their new separate Infirmary for the treatment of the sick
poor.