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TABLE III.
Shewing the Deaths from all Causes, at different Ages, during the Year 1868.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES :
Under 5
years.
5 and
under 10.
; 10 and
under 20.
20 and
under 30.
30 and
under 40.
40 and
1 under 50.
50 and
under 60.
60 and
under 70.
70 and
upwards.
Total
of all
Ages.
Fever
24
16
8
15
13
6
10
4
-
96
Small Pox
20
1
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
24
Measles
113
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
120
Scarlatina
70
21
5
1
-
-
-
-
-
97
Diptheria and Malignant Sore Throat
9
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
11
Diarrhœa
137
3
-
2
3
-
2
5
6
158
Cholera
7
1
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
10
Dysentery
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
Whooping Cough
97
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
102
Croup
37
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
42
Erysipelas
7
-
1
3
3
1
2
1
4
22
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs
26
3
8
6
14
14
13
20
7
111
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia
259
13
8
12
29
28
39
59
47
494
Phthisis
8
8
28
83
79
64
33
23
2
328
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants
245
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
245
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus
249
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
249
Dropsy
6
5
3
2
5
3
11
6
5
46
Cancer
-
1
—
—
5
7
8
9
3
33
Hernia
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
Disease of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels
5
6
8
9
13
19
26
20
15
121
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain
-
-
5
7
14
35
29
35
26
151
Childbirth, and Diseases incident thereto
-
-
-
13
7
2
-
-
-
22
Premature Birth, and Debility from Birth
126
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
126
Teething
42
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
42
old Age and Natural Decay
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
125
142
Violence, Privation, and Poison
45
3
5
5
3
6
5
6
3
81
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic
38
3
2
5
6
8
7
6
1
76
Total
1571
102
81
166
195
194
186
212
245
2952