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3. Circulatory System.— The deaths due to diseases of
the organs of circulation, heart and blood vessels, were 170, as
against 179 and 196 in 1883 and 1884; 131 were registered in
the Town sub-district, and 39 in Brompton. The quarterly
numbers were 44, 40, 46 and 40. To specified forms of disease
34 deaths were assigned, viz., Pericarditis 4; Valvular Diseases
of Heart 15; Aneurism 9; Embolism and Thrombosis 6. Other
Diseases of Heart caused 135 deaths, and Other Diseases of Blood
Vessels 1 death.
1. Respiratory System.— The deaths from the diseases of
the chest, phthisis being excluded, were 613; or 88 more than in
1884—and equal to 22.1 per cent. on total deaths. Of this
number 503 were registered in the Town sub-district, and 110 in
Brompton. The quarterly numbers were 236, 139, 74, and 164;
400 in the first and fourth, or colder quarters, and 213 in the
second and third, or warmer quarters. The deaths under five
years of age were 252=41.1 per cent. (47.7 in 1884); and
at 55 and upwards 258=42 per cent. of the whole number;
(33 per cent. in 1884). These diseases are thus seen to be
most fatal at the extremes of life. The prevalence of them
varies considerably in different years, depending on the degree of
cold in winter, and the general character of that season: they
are always most fatal when fog, especially "London fog," is
associated with low temperature. The fatal diseases were
Laryngitis, 4 deaths; Croup, (transferred in the new classification
from "miasmatic" diseases), 19; Emphysema, Asthma, 9;
Bronchitis, 414; Pneumonia, 126; Pleurisy, 6; Other Diseases
of Respiratory System, 35. Bronchitis and Pneumonia were
accountable for 540 deaths, including 219 under five years; of
this number 92 were registered in Brompton.
5. Digestive System.—The diseases of the various
organs concerned in digestion were the causes of 168 deaths; 51
of them under five years of age; 112 in the Town sub-district,
and 56 in Brompton. In the new classification, Dentition is
included in this Order; it was the cause of 24 deaths under five,
12 of them under one year. Sore Throat, Quinsey, (the latter