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TABLE II.
Shewing the Deaths from all Causes in the Year ending March, 1874.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DEATHS.
First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter.
Total.
Smallpox
-
1
3
3
7
Measles
19
67
87
19
192
Scarlatina
3
16
41
43
103
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat
1
2
2
—
5
Whooping Cough
43
21
13
24
101
Fever
5
15
26
12
58
Diarrhoea
2
135
19
3
159
Cholera
-
11
1
—
12
Dysentery
3
—
—
—
8
Croup and Laryngitis
22
10
19
26
77
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia
104
91
240
190
625
Phthisis
83
66
91
78
318
Erysipelas
2
7
6
3
18
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels
29
26
44
33
132
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants
44
59
52
59
214
Mesenteric Diseases and Marasmus
26
67
41
50
184
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs
12
28
27
18
85
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain
48
35
47
47
177
Diseases of the Liver
8
9
12
9
38
Dropsy
15
9
13
15
52
Cancer
13
14
11
9
47
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto
4
3
10
8
25
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth
26
36
34
28
124
Teething
8
7
2
15
32
Old Age and Natural Decay
47
41
62
61
211
Violence, Privation, and Poison
34
14
22
14
84
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic
9
14
9
14
46
Total
610
804
934
781
3129