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Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
Total deaths 14. In Bright's Disease, 6; Diabetes, 2; and
other Kidney Diseases, 6.
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
Order 8.—Integumentary System.
No deaths were recorded in either of these last-named orders.
CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
This class contains four orders, viz.: (1) Diseases of Children, (2)
Diseases of Adults, (3) Diseases of Old People, (4) Diseases of Nutrition.
The total deaths in the class were 148.
Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
20 children died from Premature Birth, 6 from Teething, and 3
from Spina Bifida.
Order 2.—Diseases of Adults.
3 women died in Childbirth : half the number reported for the
preceding year.
Order 3.—Diseases of Old People.
42 persons died old: 27 between 60 and 80 years, and 15 at 80
years and upwards.
Order 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility.—74 deaths were returned; 71 being
children under 5 years.
CLASS V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
36 deaths are distributed over the four orders comprised in this
class.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
Total deaths 31; of which 4 were Fractures or Contusions, 1
Poison, and 24 Suffocation. Of this last mentioned, 18 were
infants under 1 year of age, accidentally suffocated, either by the
bed-clothes or overlaid by the parent.