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1 year of age, and only 3 were adults; the heaviest mortality prevailed
amongst the children of parents living in the poorest parts of
the District.
The misuse of feeding-bottles is a great source of diarrhœa in
infancy.
Rheumatism.—5 deaths were recorded.
Order 2.—Enthetic.
Syphilis.—There were 12 deaths, and 11 were infants under
1 year of age.
Order 3.—Dietic.
Alcoholism.—5 deaths were registered from the abuse of alcohol,
but these do not include those returned by the Coroner as "Accelerated
by Drinking Habits."
Order 4.—Parasitic.
Thrush caused the deaths of 2 children.
CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
The total number of deaths in this second great class was 195,
which were included in the following two orders:—
Order 1.—Diathetic.
The three principal diseases of this order caused the following
deaths:—Gout, 2; Dropsy, 10; and Cancer, 13.
Order 2.—Tubercular.
Scrofula.—4 deaths.
Tabes Mesenterica (Mesenteric disease).—7, all children.
Tubercular Meningitis (Water on the Brain).—26, all children.
Phthisis (Consumption).—132. The deaths from this disease
are distributed amongst the three Sub-Districts as follows:—
St. George, Bloomsbury, 28; St. Giles North, 30; and St. Giles
South, 74. As usual, the latter Sub-District supplied the excess in
deaths from this terrible complaint.
CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
This great class, which is sub-divided into eight orders, accounts
for 489 deaths—nearly half the total number of deaths registered in
the District from all causes.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Caused 101 deaths. The three most important diseases of the
order were Apoplexy, 30; Paralysis, 24; and Convulsions, 32
(all children).