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Table: EATCLIFF.Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year1876.Note.-The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

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EATCLIFF.

Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year1876.

Note.-The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.			AGES.
Cause of Death.			Under 3 months	0 to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 and upwards	Total under 5 Years.	Totai .
Classes.
I	Zymotic Diseases		11	25	9	19	5	2	1	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	.64	76
11	. Constitutional Diseases..		..	0	10	13	3	4	6	4	6	5	..	1	..	1	29	50
111	. Local Diseases		23	29	14	28	8	1	5	10	19	19	12	12	1	..	94	181
IV	Developmental Diseases		13	4	3	..	..			1			4	4	1	..	20	30
v	. Violent Deaths		2	1	1	3	..	1	3	..	4	1	1	..	1	..	7	18
Not specified or ill-defined			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals			49	65	37	63	16	8	15	16	31	26	17	17	3	..	214	363
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order i.—Miasmatic.
1	Smallpox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Measles		1	2	2	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	9
3	Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)			2	2	7	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	13
4	Diphtheria		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
5	Quinsy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Croup		..	1	2	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	8
7	Whooping Cough		..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	4
8	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	...	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
	Enteric or Typhoid Fever		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
	Simple Continued Fever		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
9	Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
io	Puerperal Fever (Metria)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11	Carbuncle		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
12	Influenza		..	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
13	Dysentery		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
14	Diarrhœa		5	15		2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	24	24
i5	Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
16	Ague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
*7	Remittent Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18	Rheumatism		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
19	Other Zymotic Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Order 2.—±.nthetic.
1	Syphilis		..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
2	Stricture of Urethra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Hydrophobia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Glanders		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Older 3. —Dielic.
1	Privation		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Want of Breast Milk		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
3	Purpura and Scurvy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism 1	a Del. Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Alcoholism 1	b Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 4.—Parasitic.
1	Thrush		3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
2	Worms. &c		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1. — Diathetic.
1	Gout		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Dropsy		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3
3	Cancer		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
4	Cancrum Oris (Noma)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Mortification		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2. — fubercular
1	Scrohila		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Tabes Mesenterica		..	6	4	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	17
3	Phthisis		..	..	1	3	2	4	6	..	3	4	..	..	..	..	4	26
4	Hydrocephalus		..	..	5	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	7
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1. —Nervous System.
1	Cephalitis		..	1	3	6	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	12
2	Apoplexy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0	1	..	..	..	7
3	Paralysis		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	..	..	5
4	Insanity		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Chorea		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Epilepsy		..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	4
7	Convulsions		12	3	3	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	27-
8	Brain Disease, &rc		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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Lewisham 1876

Table: EATCLIFF.Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes During the Year1876.Note.-The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.