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district, and '28 in Brompton; three were of children under five
years of age. The diseases were, Nephritis, 6 deaths ; Bright's
Disease (Albuminuria), 28 ; Diseases of Bladder or of Prostate,
13 ; Other Diseases of Urinary System, 37.
9. Diseases of Reproductive System.—(a) Of Organs
of Generation : Male Organs, no deaths ; Female Organs, 18 ;
(b) Of Parturition, 15 deaths, viz., from Placenta Prcevia
(flooding), 1, Puerperal Convulsions, 1, Other accidents of
Childbirth, 13.
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints.—No death.
11. Diseases of Integumentary System.—Five deaths—
viz., Carbuncle, Phlegmon, 3 ; Other Diseases, 2.
Glass 7. —Deaths from Violence.
Seventy four deaths, including 28 under five years of age, (22
under one year) are distributed over the four Orders comprised
in this Class ; 11 of them belong to the Brompton sub-district.
1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths 58, including
5 in Brompton, and 25 under five years of age; viz., from
Fractures and Contusions, 28 ; Gunshot Wounds, 1; Burn, Scald,
4; Poison, 2 ; Drowning, 1 ; Suffocation, generally of infants
" overlaid," 18, including 17 under one year ; Otherwise, 4.
2. Homicide.—Murder, four deaths, including three ot
infants of unknown parentage under one year.
3. Suicide.—Of the 12 suicidal deaths, 5 took place in the
Town sub-district. Poison was the lethal agent in 4 cases ; Cut,
Stab, 3 ; Gunshot Wound, 3; Hanging, and a fall, one each.
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Class 8.—Deaths from Ill-defined and not Specified
Causes.
This Class has acquired increased importance in the new
classification, owing to the transfer of a certain number of illdefined
causes of death from other positions in the old classification.
It includes the causes of 167 deaths ; 134 under five
years of age, and 138 and 29 in the Town and Brompton subdistricts,
respectively. The diseases named are—Dropsy, 4