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The deaths from tubercular diseases were 107; viz., 28 from mesenteric
disease, 11 from tubercular meningitis, 2 from hydrocephalus, or
water on the brain, and 66 from consumption.
Convulsions proved fatal to 23 children.
There were 21 deaths from cancer.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 38 persons; of these,
31 died from disease of the heart, 1 from pericarditis, and 6 from aneurism.
The deaths from these causes in the corresponding quarter of the previous
year were 24.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs wore 22; of these, 9
were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 1 by diabetes, 3 by retention
of urine, and 9 by other diseases of the urinary organs.
During the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from
these causes were 13.
Two persons died in childbirth.
There were 12 deaths from premature birth, 13 from teething, and 4 from
malformations
Three children died from want of breast milk.
There were 7 deaths from syphilis; 3 of which were caused by congenital
syphilis.
Twenty-nine persons died of old age; of these, 20 were above 80 years
of age.
The deaths from premature decay were 3, all of which were of persons
under 70 years of ago.
The deaths from atrophy and debility were 34; while in the corresponding
quarter of last year they were 23.
There were 28 deaths from mechanical violence; of these, 10 were caused
by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 8 persons, one of whom, a man aged 35,
was killed by the bursting of a boiler worked at overpressure.
The deaths from mechanical violence and from burns were for the corresponding
quarter of last year 22 and 5 respectively.
Two children died from sunstroke, aged respectively 6 years and 2½ years.
One death occurred from the effects of chloroform.
A man aged 72 died in the Workhouse from inadvertently swallowing
opium pills.
A man aged 35 died in the London Hospital from necrosis (diseased bone)
caused by the poisonous vapour of phosphorus given off in the process of
lucifer-match making. The particulars of this case were sent by me to the
Medical Officer of Health of the District, where the factory in which this
man worked, is situated, who will no doubt make inquiry with a view of
ascertaining whether additional precautions are necessary to prevent the
injurious effects of phosphorus on the workmen employed there.