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9. Diseases of Reproductive System.—(a) Of
Organs of Generation—Male Organs, no deaths: Female
Organs, U): (b) Of Parturition, 10 deaths, viz., Placenta
Prœevia, Flooding, 1 death, and Other Accidents of Child- btrth, 9
deaths.
10. Diseases of Hones and Joints.— Seven deaths;
Caries, Necrosis, 1; Arthritis, 5; and Other Diseases of Bones
and Joints, 1 death.
11. Diseases of Integumentary System.— Twelve
deaths.
Class VII.— Deaths from Violence.
Eighty deaths, including 26 under five year's of age
(19 under one year), are distributed over the four Orders
comprised in this Class: 25 of them belong to Brompton subdistrict.
1. Accident or Negligence.— Total deaths, 04, including
19 in Brompton, and 26 under five years of age: viz.,
from Fractures and Contusions, 30; Burn, Scald, 14; Drowning,
2; Poison, 1: Suffocation, generally of infants "overlaid,"
1:7; including 16 under one year: 12 of these deaths were
registered in the Town sub-district.
2. Homicide.— Manslaughter, two deaths.
3. Suicide.— Total deaths 14, including 6 in Brompton,
viz., by Cut, Stab, 6; Hanging, 3 : Gun-shot Wounds and
Poison, 2 each, and otherwise, 1.
Class VIII.— Deaths from Ill-Defined and not
Specified Causes.
This Class includes the causes of 150 deaths; 123 under
five years of age and 109 under one year: 132 and 18 in the
Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively. The causes
named are: Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, 116 deaths (all but
two under five years and 102 under one year): Dropsy, 4:
Mortification, 7 : Tumour, 2 ; Abscess, 7 ; and Hemorrhage, 5.
To "Causes not Specified or Ill-Defined" 9 deaths were ascribed,