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Order 2. Diseases of Adults.—The only cause of death
under this heading is Childbirth, which proved fatal to 13 women
(see Puerperal Fever).
Order 3. Diseases of Old People.—Under this heading we
have "Old Age" only, the cause of 68 deaths above 55 years. In
the four decennia between 55 and 95, the deaths were respectively
2, 8, 40, and 15. Three deaths took place at 95 and
upwards.
Order 4. Diseases of Nutrition.—Atrophy and Debility.
The deaths, 115 (including 19 in Brompton), were of 112 children
under five, 102 in the first year; and of two persons between 15
and 25, and one between 45 and 55 years.
CLASS 5.—VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
Fifty-five deaths (20 under five years) are distributed over the
four orders comprised in this class, 9 of them belonging to the
Brompton sub-district.
Order 1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths, 42 (5 in
Brompton), viz.: Fractures and Contusions, 19; Wounds, 3;
Suffocation, 12, all of infants under one year; Burns and
Scalds, 3; Poison, 3; Drowning, 2.
Order 2.—Homicide. One death.
Order 4. Suicide.—Twelve deaths (4 in Brompton), viz., by
Poison, 2; by Drowning, 2; by Wounds, 5; by Hanging, 2;
and Otherwise, 1.
Nine deaths, 7 in the Town sub-district, and 5 of them under
five years of age, are classified to causes not specified or ill-defined.
Several of these "causes" are not really "ill-defined," but they
fall to this place as there is none other found for them in the
Registrar- General's Classification.