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years of age. The diseases were Nephritis, 16 deaths; Blight's
Disease (Albuminuria), 40; Diseases of Bladder or of Prostate,
12 ; Other Diseases of Urinary System, 15.
9. Diseases of Reproductive System.—(a) Of Organs
of Generation—Male Organs, no deaths; Female Organs, 12;
(b) Of Parturition, 7 deaths, viz., from Abortion, 1; Puerperal
Convulsions, 1; Other accidents of Child-birth, 5.
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints. — Nine deaths;
Caries, Necrosis, 7; Arthritis, 1; Other Diseases, 1.
11. Diseases of Integumentary System.— Three deaths.
Class VII.— Deaths from Violence,
Sixty-six deaths, including 13 under five years of age (9
under one year), are distributed over the four Orders comprised
in this Class : 10 of them belong to Brompton sub-district.
1. Accident or Negligence.—Total deaths, 50, including
6 in Brompton, and 13 under five years of age : viz., from
Fractures and Contusions, 27; Burn, Scald, 7; Drowning, 1;
Suffocation, generally of infants "overlaid," 12 (including 9
under one year), all but one in the Town sub-district;
Otherwise, 3.
2. Homicide.— Two deaths. Murder (criminal abortion) 1,
Manslaughter 1.
3. Suicide.— Of fourteen suicidal deaths, 10 belong to the
Town sub-district and 4 to Brompton. Poison was the cause
of death in 3 cases; Drowning in 2; Hanging in 4; Cut,
Stab in 2; Gun-shot Wound in 1; Otherwise 2.
Class VIII.— Deaths from Ill-Defined and not Specified
Causes.
This Class has acquired increased importance in the new
classification, from the transfer to it of a certain number of illdefined
causes of death from other positions in the old