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be returned, can be only guessed at when the child has not been
seen to die, for examination after death would not disclose the
existence of spasm during life, and there is no pathological condition
which would enable one to say positively that the child had
suffered, still less that it died, from convulsions.
Order 4. Digestive Organs.—The diseases of the organs
concerned in the digestion of food were the causes of 119 deaths,
26 under five years of age, 94 in the Town sub-district, and 25
in Brompton. There were 11 and 18 deaths from Enteritis and
Peritonitis respectively; from Hernia 7,Intussusception (including
obstruction of the bowels) 14; Jaundice 11 (including 6 of infants
newly born), and Liver disease, etc., 33.
Order 5. Urinary Organs.—Of the 67 deaths from the
diseases of the urinary organs, 4 were of children under five
years of age; 49 were registered in the Town sub-district, and 18
in Brompton. The diseases enumerated, and the number of deaths
were, Nephritis, 11; Bright's disease, 23 ; Diabetes, 13; Calculus
(Stone) 1; Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder), 9; and
" Kidney disease, etc.," 10.
Order 6. Organs of Generation.—Deaths 8, viz :—From
Ovarian Dropsy (or other ovarian disease) 5; and from "Uterus
disease, etc.," 3.
Order 7. Organs of Locomotion.—One death from "Joint
disease, etc."
Order 8. Integumentary System.—The deaths from diseases
classified to this order were 10, viz: from Phlegmon (Abscess), 6;
and from " Skin disease, etc.," 4.
Class 4. Developmental Diseases.
This class, which contains four Orders, comprises the diseases
(1) of children, (2) of adults, (3) of old people, and (4) of
nutrition. The deaths were 277, including 184 of children under
five years of age—165 under one year. Two-hundred-and-thirty
four of the deaths were registered in the Town sub-district, and
43 only in Brompton.