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a, case here and there being heard of. Fever eases arc very little
known, the 9 deaths recorded are not well-marked cases, but
complicated with other diseases.
Consumption and the tubercular diseases allied to it, including
84 cases, are in truth not the whole of this class. The 14
cases of convulsions, the 5 cases registered under the head
of teething, and 7 under atrophy, are probably in their true
character entitled to a place with tubercular diseases. This
form of death is very common to the population in streets
closely packed with people; an equally large number, 78 persons
died from the inflammatory chest diseases which attacked the very
young, and the aged during this quarter.
The deaths of children under 5 years of age amount to 186,
or 40 per cent, of the total deaths, which is a high proportion.
Out of the 175 deaths occurring between ages of 5 and 60,
consumption carried off 31; other chest diseases 45; heart
diseases 13; and 26 deaths are from violence, and accidents,
half of which were in St. Mary's Hospital, In 108 persons
dying from natural causes at ages above 60; 25 were over
80 years; 16 from consumption; 21 from apoplexy and paralysis;
11 heart disease; 60 chronic chest and other diseases. The
quarter has, however, been unusually healthy.
TABLE II.