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disease transferred in the new classification from "miasmatic"
diseases), was the cause of 1 death; Diseases of Stomach, 3:
Enteritis, 18; Obstructive Diseases of Intestines, 19; Peritonitis,
24. Ascites was the cause of one death; Cirrhosis of Liver, 22;
Jaundice and Other Diseases of Liver, 46: Other Diseases of
Digestive System, 10.
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System, e.g., of Lymphatics
and of Spleen; no death registered.
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Unceetain Use
(e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease), one death.
8. Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Of the 82 deaths
assigned to these causes, 65 were registered in the Town subdistrict,
and 17 in Brompton; one only was of a child under five
years of age. The diseases were, Nephritis, 11 deaths; Bright's
Disease (Albuminuria), 41; Diseases of Bladder or of Prostate,
8 : Other Diseases of Urinary System, 22.
9. Diseases of Reproductive System.—(a) Of Organs
of Generation: Male Organs, no deaths; Female Organs, 5;
(b) Of Parturition, 9 deaths, viz., from Abortion, Miscarriage, 4,
Placenta Prævia (flooding), 2, Puerperal Convulsions, 1, Other
Accidents of Childbirth, 2.
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints.—Four deaths: Caries,
Necrosis, 3 ; Arthritis, 1.
11. Diseases of Integumentary System.—Four deaths,
viz., Carbuncle, Phlegmon, 3 ; "Other Diseases," 1.
Class 7.—Deaths from Violence.
Sixty-one deaths, including 28 under five years of age, and 19
under one year, are distributed over the four Orders comprised
in this Class; 12 of them belong to the Brompton sub-district.
1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths 51, including
7 in Brompton, and 28 under five years of age; viz., from
Fractures and Contusions, 24; Burn, Scald, 7; Drowning, 1;
Suffocation, generally of infants "overlaid," 19, including 17
under one year.
2. Homicide.—Murder, Manslaughter, no death.