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Table: Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes during the Year 1877. Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents are excluded.

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Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different Causes during the Year 1877. Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.				Sub.District.		Total 1st Quarter.	Sub.District.		Total 2nd Quarter.	Sub.District.		Total 3rd Quarter.	Sub.District.		Total 4th Quarter.	Total Deaths		Total
Cause of Death.				St. Mary.	St. John.	Total 1st Quarter.	St. Wary.	St. John	Total 2nd Quarter.	St. Mary.	St. John.	Total 3rd Quarter.	St. Mary.	St. John.	Total 4th Quarter.	St. Mary.	St. John.	Total
Classes.
I.Zymotic Diseases				36	15	51	67	16	83	65	23	88	61	15	76	229	69	298
II. Constitutional Diseases				52	15	67	66	29	95	60	20	80	47	22	69	225	86	311
III. Local Diseases				156	72	228	174	66	240	107	49	156	188	66	204	575	253	828
IV. Developmental Diseases				32	16	48	43	12	55	42	15	57	38	12	50	155	55	210
V. Violent Deaths				6	6	12	6	8	14	7	3	10	6	5	11	25	22	47
Not specified or ill defined				3	..	3	2	..	2	6	1	7	..	..	..	11	1	12
Totals				285	124	409	358	131	489	287	111	398	290	120	410	1220	486	1706
Class. I.	Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
	1. Smallpox			4	..	4	7	1	8	1	..	1	2	..	2	14	1	15
	2.Measles			3	..	3	2	3	5	7	2	9	19	3	22	31	8	39
	3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)			..	3	3	5	..	5	3	4	7	15	2	17	23	9	32
	4. Diphtheria			3	1	4	2	1	3	4	..	4	..	..	..	9	2	11
	5. Quinsy			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6.Croup			..	3	3	4	1	5	2	..	2	..	1	1	6	5	11
	7. Whooping Cough			7	2	9	23	3	26	11	6	17	13	4	17	54	15	69
	8.	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
		Enteric or Typhoid Fever		3	1	4	..	..	..	3	1	4	1	2	3	7	4	11
		Simple continued Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	9. Erysipelas			2	..	2	1	..	1	1	..	1	2	..	2	6	..	6
	10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)			..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	2
	11. Carbuncle			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	12. Influenza			..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	13. Dysentery			1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1	3
	14. Diarrhœa			2	1	3	9	..	9	25	7	32	4	2	6	40	10	50
	15. Choletatic Diarrhœa			1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
	16. Ague			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
	17. Remittent			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1	1	2
	18. Rheumatism			3	2	5	3	2	5	..	..	..	1	..	1	7	4	11
	19. Other Zymotic Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 2.—Enthetic.
	1. Syphilis			4	1	5	6	..	5	3	1	4	..	..	..	12	2	14
	2. Stricture of Urethra			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Hydrophobia			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	4. Glanders			..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	2
	Order 3.—Dietic.
	1. Privation			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2. Want of Breast Milk			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Purpura and Scurvy			..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	2
	4. Alcoholism		a. Del. Tremens	2	..	2	3	..	3	1	..	1	..	..	..	6	..	6
	4. Alcoholism		b. Intemperance.	..	..	..	1	1	2	1	..	1	1	..	1	3	1	4
	Order 4.—Parasitic.
	1. Thrush			1	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	1	1	..	1	3	1	4
	2. Worms, &c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II.	Constitutional Diseases. Order 1.—Diathetic.
	1. Gout			..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	2. Dropsy			3	..	3	2	..	2	2	..	2	..	..	..	7	..	7
	3. Cancer			11	6	17	5	8	13	8	4	12	6	7	13	30	25	55
	4. Canerum Oris (Noma)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6. Mortification			..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	1	2
	Order 2.—Tubercular.
	1. Scrofula			5	..	5	2	2	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	2	9
	2. Tabes Mesenteries			4	..	4	5	1	6	7	4	11	1	..	1	17	5	22
	3. Phthisis			25	8	33	38	14	52	31	9	40	33	11	44	127	42	169
	4. Hydrocephalus			4	1	5	13	3	16	12	2	14	7	4	11	36	10	46
III.	Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System.
	1. Cephalitis			2	..	2	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	4
	2. Apoplexy			3	3	6	7	1	8	10	2	12	3	2	5	23	8	31
	3. Paralysis			8	2	10	12	1	13	6	4	10	8	2	10	34	9	43
	1. Insanity			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5. Chorea			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6. Epilepsy			..	..	..	3	..	3	..	2	2	2	..	2	5	2	7
	7. Convulsions			22	3	25	19	4	23	5	2	7	8	1	9	54	10	64
	8. Brain Disease, &c.			2	3	5	9	2	11	7	4	11	3	3	6	21	12	33
	Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
	1. Pericarditis			2	..	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	4	..	4
	2. Aneurism			..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	3	..	3	3	2	5
	3. Heart Diseases, &c.			28	12	40	20	16	36	24	9	33	15	10	25	87	47	134
	Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
	1. Laryngitis			2	2	4	8	1	9	..	1	1	3	..	3	13	4	17
	2. Bronchitis			50	16	66	42	15	57	18	..	18	52	17	69	162	48	210
	3. Pleurisy			..	1	1	1	..	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	6
	4. Pneumonia			13	13	26	20	9	29	8	5	13	15	12	27	56	39	95
	5. Asthma			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	4	4	..	4
	6. Lung Disease, &c.			3	1	4	8	3	11	4	1	5	2	1	3	17	6	23
	Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
	1. Gastritis			..	1	1	..	..	..	2	1	3	1	..	1	3	2	5
	2. Enteritis			..	1	1	..	..	..	2	..	2	1	1	2	3	2	5
	3. Peritonitis			3	..	3	4	1	5	3	3	6	1	..	1	11	4	15
	4. Ascites			..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	5. Ulceration of Intestines			1	..	1	1	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	3	1	4
	6. Hernia			..	..	..	1	..	1	1	1	2	..	..	..	2	1	3
	7. ileus			3	1	4	2	1	3	1	3	4	3	1	4	9	6	15
	8. Intussusception			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
	9. Stricture of Intestines			..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	2
	10. Vistula			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	11. Stomach Disease, &c.			..	1	1	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
	12. Pancreas Disease, &c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	13. Hepatitis			1	..	1	..	..	..	2	2	4	2	2	4	5	4	9
	14. Jaundice			3	..	3	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	1	1	5	1	6
	15. Liver Disease, &c.			1	3	4	2	..	2	2	..	2	1	1	2	6	4	10
	16. Spleen Disease,&c.			..	2	2	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	3	4
	Order 6.— Urinary Organs.
	1. Nephritis			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
	2. Ischuria			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
	3. Bright's Disease (Niphria)			3	4	7	2	4	6	1	3	4	3	4	7	9	15	24
	4. Diabetes			..	..	..	1	1	2	2	2	4	1	1	2	4	4	8
	5. Calculus (Stone)			..	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	3	2	3	5
	6. Cystitis			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	7. Kidney Disease, &c........			1	..	1	1	1	2	2	..	2	1	1	2	5	2	7
	Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
	1. Ovarian Dropsy			..	1	1	..	2	2	1	..	1	1	1	2	2	4	6
	2. Uterus Disease, &c..........			3	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	3
	Order7.—Organs of locomotion
	1. Synovitis (Arthritis)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2. Joint Disease,&c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	..	2	2
	Order 8.—Integumentary System
	1. Phlegmon			1	..	1	2	1	3	1	..	1	..	..	..	4	1	5
	2. Ulcer			..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	3. Skin Disease, &c.			1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
IV.	Developmental Diseases. Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
	1. Premature Birth				1	5	8	1	9	9	3	12	8	2	10	29	7	36
	2. Cyanosis			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Spina Bifida			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	4. Other Malformations			..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1	2	..	..	..	3	1	4
	5. Teething			5	2	7	7	1	8	7	..	7	5	1	6	24	4	28
	Order 2.—Adults.
	1. Paramenia			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2. ChiIdbirth (see Puerperal Fever)			2	1	3	1	..	1	1	1	2	1	..	1	5	2	7
	Order 3.—Old People.
	1. Old age			10	7	17	19	4	23	9	8	17	11	6	17	49	25	74
	Order 4.—Nutrition.					16
	1. Atrophy and Dobility			11	5	16	7	6	13	14	2	16	13	3	16	45	16	61
v.	Violent Deaths. Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
	1. Fractures and Contusions			1	3	4	3	4	7	3	1	4	3	2	5	10	10	20
	2. Wounds		Gunshot	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	2. Wounds		Cut, Stab	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Burns and Scalds			..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	3	3
	4. Poison			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5 Drowning			..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	2
	6. Suffocation			2	..	2	2	1	3	1	..	1	2	1	3	7	2	9
	7. Otherwise			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order3.—Homicide			..	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	7
	Order 4.—Suicide			3	..	3	..	1	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	3	2	5
	Causes not specified or ill defined.			3.	..	3	2	..	3	6	1	7	..	..	..	11	1	12