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will he referred to later on. Two of the deaths occurred under
5 years of age, 18 between 5 and 15 ; and 247 between 15 and
65, viz., 38, 59, 76, 51, and 23, in the five decades respectively :
6 deaths were registered at ages over 65. The quarterly
numbers were 75, 54, 56, and 83; of the total, 228 belong to
the Town sub-district, and 45 to Brompton. The deaths from
tuberculous diseases generally were disproportionately more
numerous in the Town sub-district, little more than a fifth having
occurred in Brompton (which contains more than a fourth of
the population), a fact which may be explained, in part, by the
relatively small proportion of children, and of the poorest
classes, in this sub-district. It is probable, however, that the
deaths ascribed to tubercular diseases do not comprise all the
deaths that might justly be attributed to diseases indicating the
tubercular diathesis, and that many deaths of young children
classified to such causes as premature birth, atrophy, debility,
convulsions, &c., are primarily due to the scrofulous taint. In
many instances other diseases, e.g., of the lungs, as bronchitis,
pneumonia, &c., are associated with phthisis in medical certificates
of the cause of death, but all such associated diseases are
here disregarded: when phthisis is returned, the death is
classified to that heading, it being assumed that the tubercular
trouble was underlying the other disease or diseases, and was in
fact, the primary cause of death.
Class 5.—Developmental Diseases.
In this class, Premature birth is the assigned cause of (52
deaths ; Atelectasis of 5, and Congenital malformation of 6. Old
age was the registered cause of 73 deaths; all but one at ages
over 65. Between 75 and 85 there were 38 deaths, and 23
at ages above 85. The total deaths in this class were 146, viz.,
in the Town 122, and 24 in Brompton.
Class 6.—Local Diseases.
The diseases in this great Class, containing 11 orders,named after
the systems or organs to which the diseases relate, were