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472 deaths occurred under 5 years of age, 50 between 5 and
10, 17 between 10 and 15, 25 between 15 and 20, 74 between
20 and 30, 107 between 30 and 40, 102 between 40 and 50,
105 between 50 and 60, 137 between 60 and 70, and 239 from
70 upwards. It will be observed that a very large proportion
of deaths took place at a very advanced age.
As regards the causes of death, it will be seen that 70 death
are tabulated under the general head of "violence, privation,
poison and premature birth;" 26 under that of "fever;" 7
under that of "dysentery and acute diarrhœa (not of infants)
and cholera;" 45 under that of "scarlet-fever and diphtheria;"
5 under that of "small-pox;" 14 under that of "erysipelas,
pyœmia and puerperal fever;" 166 under that of "diarrhœa,
bronchitis and pneumonia of infants under three years of age;"
91 under that of "measles, hooping cough and croup;" 96
under that of "hydrocephalus and convulsions of infancy;"
191 under that of "phthisis and other tubercular diseases;"
and 617 under that of "other diseases chiefly chronic."
In the whole list of fatal diseases, those which are sometimes
called "zymotic," are the most immediately important for us,
and in reference to them we may go into a little further
detail, (see Table V.) Fever occasioned 26 deaths, 5 less than
in the previous year; of these 5 occurred in St. George's, 10
in Camberwell and 11 in Peckham. Scarlet-fever caused 34,
diphtheria 11 deaths,—together 45. Of this total, 13 took
place in St. George's, an equal number in Peckham and 19 in
Camberwell; but altogether there were fewer deaths by 37
from these causes than there were in 1859. 5 deaths, 2 in
Camberwell, 2 in Peckham and 1 in St. George's, were due to
small-pox—12 deaths were due to small pox in the previous
year. Hooping cough and measles together were fatal in 76
instances, of which 18 took place in Camberwell, 27 in Peckham
and 31 in St. George's. The total number of deaths