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&c., was associated with phthisis in medical certificates of the
cause of death; but all such associated diseases have been disregarded
in the preparation of Table 3, for when phthisis was
returned the death is classified to that heading, it being assumed
that the tubercular diathesis was underlying the other disease,
and was in fact the primary cause of death.
Class 5.—Developmental Diseases.
In this Class the total deaths were 158, viz., 117 in the
Town sub.district, and 41 in Brompton. Premature Birth was
the assigned cause of 56 deaths; Atelectasis of 4; and Con.
genital Malformation of 13. Old Age was the registered cause
of 85 deaths at ages over 65 : between 75 and 85 there were 46
deaths, and 28 at 85 and upwards.
Class 6.—Local Diseases.
The diseases in this class, containing eleven Orders, named
after the systems or organs to which the diseases relate, were
accountable for 1,394 deaths, or 50.6 per cent, of the deaths from
all causes; 1,105 were registered in the Town sub.district, and
289 in Brompton ; 360 were of children under five years of age.
1. Nervous System.—Diseases of the nervous system were
the registered causes of 302 deaths (against 288, 259, and 288 in
1883.4.5), viz., 253 in the Town sub.district, and 49 in Brompton
: 85 of the deaths were of children under five years of age.
The quarterly numbers were 93, 69, 67, and 73. The fatal
diseases were Inflammation of Brain or Membranes, 15 deaths;
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis,
159 (28 in Brompton, and 139 at ages over 45); Insanity,
(ieneral Paralysis of the Insane, 1; Epilepsy, 13; Convulsions,
74 (all, save one, under five, and 50 under one year); Laryngismus
Stridulus (spasm of glottis), 3 (under one year); Disease of
Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans, 14; Other Diseases
of Nervous System, 23. Convulsions as a cause of death is
frequently associated, in medical certificates, with definite diseases,