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TABLE II.
Shewing the Deaths from all causes in the year 1868.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DEATHS.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Total.
Quarter.
Quarter.
Quarter.
Quarter.
Fever
9
23
30
34
96
Small-pox
13
8
2
1
24
Measles
24
63
23
10
120
Scarlatina
9
6
26
56
97
Dipyheria and Malignant Sore Throat
2
1
5
3
11
Diarrhœa
12
12
124
10
158
Cholera
-
1
9
-
10
Dysentery
1
1
-
-
2
Whooping Cough
20
39
27
16
102
Croup
10
15
10
7
42
Erysipelas
4
4
4
10
22
Diseases of the Abdominal Oragans
24
25
32
30
111
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia
135
118
76
165
494
Phthisis
76
87
80
85
328
Hydrocephalus and Convusions of Infants
63
69
59
54
245
Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus
42
52
96
59
249
Dropsy
15
2
8
21
46
Cancer
9
6
6
12
33
Hernia
1
-
-
-
1
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels
26
28
26
41
121
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain
31
37
30
53
151
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto
2
1
8
11
22
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth
21
34
40
31
126
Teething
11
14
11
6
42
Old Age and Natural Decay
45
32
25
40
142
Violence, Privation, and Poison
21
13
18
29
81
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic
22
27
11
16
76
Totals
648
718
786
800
2952