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9. Diseases of Reproductive System.—(a) Of organs
of generation: male organs, no deaths; female organs, 23,
(b) Of parturition, 9 deaths, viz., from Abortion 2, Placenta
Previa, (flooding), 2, Other Accidents of Childbirth, 5.
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints.—Five deaths : Caries,
Necrosis, 4; Arthritis, 1.
11. Diseases of Integumentary System.—Nine deaths,
viz., Carbuncle, Phlegmon, 4 ; "Other Diseases," 5.
Class 7.—Deaths from Violence.
Fifty-four deaths, including 24 under five years of age (20
under one year) are distributed over the lour Orders comprised
in this Class ; 13 of them belonging to the Brompton sub-district.
1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths 42, including
8 in Brompton, and 23 under five years of age; viz., from
Fractures and Contusions, 17; Gunshot wounds, 1; Burn,
Scald, 3; Drowning, 1; Suffocation, generally of infants
"overlaid," 18, including 17 under one year; " Otherwise," 2.
2. Homicide.—Murder, 1; of a newly born child, by some
person unknown.
3. Suicide.—Of the 11 suicidal deaths 7 occurred in the
Town sub-district, and 4 in Brompton. Poison was the lethal
agent in 5 cases; Hanging in 2 Cut, Stab, in 3; Gunshot
Wound in 1.
Class 8.—Deaths from Ill-defined and not Specified
Causes.
This Class has assumed considerable importance in the new
classification, owing to the transfer of a certain number of illdefined
causes from different positions in the old classification.
It includes the causes of 184 deaths, 160 and 24 in the Town
and Brompton sub-districts respectively, including 150 under
five years of age. The diseases named are—Dropsy, 5 deaths;
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, 137, (all but two under five years,
and 126 under one year); Mortification, 7; Abscess, 6; and
Hemorrhage, 7; Causes not specified or ill-defined, 22.