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young children, 34 of whom were under two years of
age; very many of these were, in all probability, cases
of Tubercular Meningitis, but as they were not so certified,
I did not feel at liberty to place them under the
head of Hydrocephalus. Apoplexy caused 67 deaths,
mostly amongst elderly people; Paralysis, which is
usually a symptom of some disease of the nervous system,
caused 33 deaths; Insanity caused 35 deaths,
mostly amongst patients at the Bethnall House Asylum,
and many of them strangers; Epilepsy caused 16
deaths; Convulsions 155, all amongst young children,
68 of the latter being infants under three months.
The deaths from the various convulsive diseases of
young children (a group which includes Hydrocephalus
48, Infantile Meningitis 44, Convulsions 155, Teething
15) caused 221 deaths, 15*3 per cent, of the total deaths
of young children from all causes, a mortality of 11 per
thousand on the estimated population of children under
five years of age.
Order II.— Organs of Circulation.— Diseases of
these organs caused 153 deaths, of which two were
Pericarditis, five Aneurism, and the rest Disease of the
Heart. Under this head are included several deaths
from Rheumatic Heart Affection.
Order III.— Respiratory Organs. The extraordinarily
severe winter increased the fatality from this
class of diseases very materially; the deaths were
600 against 533 last year. The deaths from Pulmonary
Disease (excluding Phthisis) were 19 per cent, of