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Order 8. Integumentary System.— The deaths from the diseases
of the skin were 7, viz.: Phlegmon (Abscess), 5; Ulcer, 1; Skin
disease, &c., 1.
Class 4.— DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
This class contains four orders, and comprises diseases (1) of children,
(2) of adults, (3) of old people, and (4) of nutrition. The deaths were
377 (80 in Brompton), including 232 of children under five years of
age.
Order 1. Diseases of Children.— The total deaths were 107, viz.,
82 in the Town sub-district, and 25 in Brompton, all having taken
place under five years of age. More than two-thirds of the deaths were
registered during the first half of the year. The list is headed by
"Premature Birth" 62 deaths, 13 of them in Brompton. Teething is
accountable for 37 deaths (8 in Brompton), convulsions being the immediate
cause of death in many of the cases. Cyanosis or malformation
of the heart was the cause of 5 deaths, and "other malformations" of
3 deaths.
Order 2. Diseases of Adults.— The only cause of death under
this heading is Childbirth, which proved fatal to 18 women (see Puerperal
Fever).
Order 3. Diseases of Old People.— Under this heading we have
"Old Age" only, the cause of 110 deaths above 55 years. In the four
decenniads between 55 and 95, the deaths were respectively 3, 18, 54,
and 31. Four deaths took place at 95 and upwards. Seventy of the
110 deaths occured in the first half of the year.
Order 4. Diseases of Nutrition.— Atrophy and Debility. The
deaths, 129 (including 22 in Brompton), were of 125 children under
five, 110 in the first year; and of two persons between 55 and 65, and
two between 65 and 75 years.
Class 5.—VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
Fifty-nine deaths (29 under five years) are distributed over the four
orders comprised in this class, 14 of them belonging to the Brompton
sub-district.