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Other Zymotic Diseases.— Croup was the cause of 13 deaths,
11 of them under 5 years of age, only 2 of them in the Brompton
sub-district. Nine of the deaths took place in the first half of the
year.
Erysipelas was the cause of 15 deaths in the Town sub-district,
six of them below the age of 5 years. The deaths from this disease
in 1875 were 22.
Puerperal Fever (Metria) was the registered cause of only six
deaths last year, a considerable reduction on the numbers recorded
in preceding years. Four of the deaths occurred in the Town subdistrict.
Two deaths took place between the ages 15—25 years ;
three between 25—35, and one between 35—45. Fifteen deaths
were ascribed to the accidents and ordinary diseases incident to
Childbirth; 14 of them in the Town sub-district. Thus the total
deaths connected, by registration, with the puerperal state were
21 or .4 per 1.000 registered births.
Rheumatism was the cause of 19 deaths, 15 in the Town subdistrict.
Fourteen of the deaths occurred in the first half of the
year. Many of these deaths were immediately due to heart disease,
arising in the course of an acute attack of rheumatic
fever.
Enthetic Diseases.—Syphilis, the only fatal disease in this
" order " named, was the registered cause of 10 deaths, all in the
Town sub-district, and all in children, nine of them in the first
year of life.
Dietic Diseases.—The principal malady named in this order,
Alcoholism, was accountable for 8 deaths (6 in the Town subdistrict);
3 ascribed to Delirium tremens, and 5 to Intemperance.
If all the disease and all the deaths due to the abuse of alcoholic
stimulants could be put on record, the sum total would be very
great. Man's ingenuity in the discovery of alcohol is accountable
for a large part of the misery of the human race !
Parasitic Diseases.—Eleven deaths were due to Thrush : (9 in
the Town sub-district) 8 of them in the first year of life, 2 in the
second.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Five hundred and sixty-three deaths were ascribed to the diseases
in this great class, which includes two orders (1)
Diathetic, and (2) Tubercular. One hundred of these deaths
were registered in the Brompton sub-district.
Order 1. Diathetic.- The deaths from the maladies comprised
in this order, 91 in number, viz., 72 in the Town sub district, and
19 in Brompton were, Gout, 4, Dropsy, 13, Cancer, 69, and Mortification,
5. Of the 69 deaths attributed to Cancer, 51 were