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TABLE III.
Shewing the Deaths from all Causes, at different Ages, during the Tear ending March, 1874.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
DEATHS OF PERSONS OF THE AGES:
Under 1
year
1 and
under 5
5 and
under 10
10 and
under 20
20 and
under 30
30 and
under 40
40 and
under 50
50 and
under 60
60 and
under 70
70 and
upwards
Total of
all Ages.
Smallpox
3
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
Measles
32
155
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
192
Scarlatina
10
66
23
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
103
Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat
1
—
3
-
—
—
—
1
—
—
5
Whooping Cough
38
61
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
101
Fever
1
10
7
12
15
5
3
2
1
2
58
Diarrhoea
102
48
—
1
1
—
1
1
2
3
159
Cholera
4
4
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
1
12
Dysentery
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
3
Croup and Laryngitis
10
51
11
2
1
-
1
—
1
—
77
Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia
143
137
6
5
11
25
44
80
108
66
625
Phthisis
8
11
6
28
88
76
60
30
9
2
318
Erysipelas
5
3
—
1
2
—
1
3
2
1
18
Diseases of the Heart and Large Blood Vessels
4
1
5
9
13
22
18
21
22
17
132
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants
133
81
—
—
—
—
-
-
—.
—
214
Mesenteric Disease and Marasmus
126
00
3
—
—
-
—
-
-
—
184
Diseases of the Abdominal Organs
16
9
4
9
3
11
5
9
10
9
85
Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain
—
—
—
5
10
20
18
55
44
25
177
Diseases of the Liver
7
1
1
—
1
5
4
7
8
5
38
Dropsy
—
3
2
1
5
8
8
8
10
7
52
Cancer
—
—
—
—
1
7
6
15
12
6
47
Childbirth and Diseases incident thereto
—
—
—
3
12
5
4
1
-
-
25
Premature Birth and Debility from Birth
123
1
-
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
124
Teething
12
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
32
Old Age and Natural Decay
—
—
-
—
-
1
1
1
19
189
211
Violence, Privation, and Poison
46
6
3
2
7
4
6
3
4
3
84
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic
13
3
—
6
4
3
3
6
5
3
46
Totals
838
728
84
88
174
193
183
244
258
339
3129