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TABLE II.
Shewing the Deaths from all causes in the Year ending March, 1873.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DEATHS.
First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter.
Totals.
Smallpox
17
15
9
—
41
Measles
21
7
7
8
43
Scarlatina
5
3
9
—
17
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat
1
—
3
2
6
Fever
10
8
14
12
44
Diarrhœa
8
117
11
7
143
Cholera
—
12
—
—
12
Dysentery
—
1
—
—
1
Whooping Cough
46
24
27
50
147
Croup and Laryngitis
9
11
21
14
55
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia
85
65
146
170
466
Phthisis
87
63
62
85
297
Erysipelas
2
5
4
5
16
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels
29
20
36
29
114
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants
57
40
47
61
205
Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus
28
67
34
30
159
Diseases of the Abnominal Organs
25
28
34
15
102
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain
33
37
45
46
161
Hernia
1
1
—
—
2
Dropsy
11
14
8
12
45
Cancer
12
7
3
8
30
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto
4
6
5
6
21
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth
36
44
39
22
141
Teething
15
6
2
10
33
Old Age and Natural Decay
35
39
31
53
158
Violence, Privation, and Poison
19
16
33
28
96
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic
9
9
7
8
33
Totals
605
665
637
681
2588