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in new-born children; of the other two I have no particulars, except
that they were under the age of three months.
Order II.—Tubercular. The various diseases under this head
were accountable for 513 deaths, 322 of which were from Phthisis
alone. Of this disease, which has the highest mortality of any, 72
were registered in the first quarter of the year, 88 in the second,
80 in the third, and 82 in the fourth; in these numbers are
included the deaths in the Victoria Park Hospital. The death of
an infant under three years of age was certified as Phthisis. I have
grouped this under the head of Scrofula.
The total deaths from Tubercular diseases, exclusive of Hydrocephalus,
were 415, being a mortality of 3.2 per thousand population,
or nearly fourteen per cent, of the whole number of deaths from all
causes.
Hydrocephalus—under which is included Tubercular meningitis, the
acute, and almost invariably fatal, form of this disease—caused 98
deaths, 93 of which were among children under the age of five years,
68 of whom were under two years.
Tabes Mesenterica, or Consumption of the Bowels, another children's
disease, caused 72 deaths, 66 of which were amongst children under
five years of age, 39 of whom were infants under one year.
Class III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
The deaths in this group, which is the largest and most comprehensive
of the six Classes, number 1,136; 455 of which were amongst
children under five years of age.
Order I.—Nervous System, causing 329 deaths ; of these
Apoplexy, which is a disease of advanced life, caused 45, all over the
age of 35 years ; Paralysis, usually a symptom or sequel of other,
and often obscure, affections of the nervous system, caused 30 deaths,
all (except one child) amongst persons over 35 years. To Insanity
are credited 24 deaths, mostly among patients in the Bethnall House
Asylum, a large number being cases of General Paresis. Epilepsy
caused 12 deaths; other Brain Diseases, 65 ; and Convulsions—mostly
a children's disease,—133, all, except three, being under five years
of age. The deaths from the Convulsive diseases of children, a group
including Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething, caused 246 deaths, a mortality of 1.8 per thousand