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Table: TABLE III A.Deaths Registered from all Causes during each quarter of the Year 1878, in each Sub-Districtof the Parish.Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents are excluded.

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TABLE III A.

Deaths Registered from all Causes during each quarter of the Year 1878, in each Sub-District

of the Parish.

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. Mary	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				66	19	85	68	19	87	69	14	83	38	12	50	241	64	305
II. Constitutional Diseases				72	21	93	55	28	83	56	21	77	50	26	76	233	96	329
III. Local Diseases				165	81	246	131	73	204	111	42	163	174	74	248	581	270	851
IV. Developmental Diseases				35	24	59	32	14	46	41	9	60	44	12	56	152	59	211
V. Violent Deaths				10	2	12	15	4	19	6	6	11	8	7	15	39	18	57
Not specified or ill defined				2	..	2	..	1	1	2	1	3	..	2	2	4	4	8
Totals				360	147	497	301	139	440	286	92	377	314	133	447	1250	511	1761
Class. I.	Zymotic Diseases.
	Order 1.—Miasmatic.
	1. Smallpox			..	1	1	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	....	₂	1	3
	2. Measles			9	2	11	9	1	10	4	1	5	1	..	1	23	4	27
	3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)			13	6	19	7	..	7	4	1	5	9	2	11	33	9	42
	4. Diphtheria			3	1	4	4	1	5	5	..	5	2	..	2	14	2	16
	6. Quinsy			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
	6. Croup			3	..	3	3	2	5	2	1	3	1	2	3	9	5	14
	7. Whooping Cough			21	1	22	18	9	27	15	..	15	9	1	10	63	11	74
	8.	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
		Enteric or Typhoid Fover		5	2	7	4	1	5	2	2	4	2	3	5	13	8	21
		Simple continued Fever		1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	1	3	4
	9. erysipelas			1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
	10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)			1	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
	11. Carbuncle			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	12. Influenza			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	13. Dysentery			..	..	..	2	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
	14. Diarrhœa			3	4	7	9	3	12	25	7	32	1	..	1	38	14	52
	15. Choleraic Diarrhœa			..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3	..	..	..	2	1	3
	16. Ague			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	17. Remittent Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	18. Rheumatism			..	..	..	2	..	2	1	..	1	3	1	4	6	1	7
	19. Other Zymotic Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 2.—Enthetic.
	1. Syphilis			2	..	2	3	..	3	4	..	4	5	1	6	14	1	15
	2. Stricture of Urethra			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
	3. Hydrophobia			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	4. Glanders			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Order 3.—Dietic.
	1. Privation			..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	2. Want of Breast Milk			1	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	2	1	..	1	4	..	4
	3. Purpura and Scurvy			1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	4. Alcoholism		a. Del. Tremens	1	..	1	3	1	4	..	1	1	1	..	1	5	2	7
	4. Alcoholism		b. Intemperance.	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	Order 4.— Parasitic.
	1. Thrush			..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	2
	2. Worms, &c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II.	Constitutional Diseases.
	Order 1.—Diathetic.
	1. Gout			..	..	..	1	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1	3
	2. Dropsy			2	..	2	4	1	5	3	1	4	1	..	1	10	2	12
	3. Cancer			16	5	20	5	8	13	7	7	14	10	8	18	37	28	65
	4. Cancrum Oris(Noma)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6. Mortification			3	..	3	1	..	1	2	..	2	2	1	3	8	1	9
	Order 2.—Tubercular.
	1. Scrofula			1	1	2	2	1	3	2	..	2	2	..	2	7	2	9
	2. Tabes Mesenterica			3	..	3	3	1	4	4	3	7	4	..	4	14	4	18
	3. Phthisis			39	13	52	32	10	42	31	8	39	27	16	42	129	46	175
	4. Hydrocephalus			9	2	11	7	6	13	6	2	8	4	2	6	26	12	38
III.	Local Diseases.
	Order 1.—Nervous System.
	1. Cephalitis			1	..	1	2	..	2	2	..	2	1	..	1	6	..	6
	2. Apoplexy			13	12	25	10	1	11	9	5	14	4	3	7	36	21	57
	3. Paralysis			7	4	11	11	2	13	13	3	16	7	1	8	38	10	48
	4. Insanity			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6. Chorea			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6. Epilepsy			1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
	7. Convulsions			7	..	7	15	4	19	4	2	6	13	2	15	39	8	47
	8. Brain Disease, &c.			8	1	9	8	4	12	5	1	6	5	3	8	26	9	35
	Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
	1. Pericarditis			..	1	1	1	1	2	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	2	4
	2. Aneurism			..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	2
	3. Heart Disease, &c.			17	12	29	19	15	34	13	6	18	29	9	38	78	41	119
	Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
	1. Laryngitis			3	2	5	4	..	4	2	..	2	1	..	1	10	2	12
	2. Bronchitis			64	19	83	22	12	34	25	5	30	65	20	85	176	56	232
	3. Pleurisy			..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	4	..	..	..	2	2	4
	4. Pneumonia			17	11	28	16	7	23	7	3	10	21	11	32	61	32	93
	5. Asthma			3	..	3	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	4	..	4
	6. Lung Disease, &c.			6	2	7	2	1	3	2	..	2	8	7	15	17	10	27
	Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
	1. Gastritis			..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	2. Enteritis			..	1	1	2	1	3	6	..	6	1	..	1	9	2	11
	3. peritonitis			2	3	5	2	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	1	5	3	8
	4. Ascites			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5. Ulceration of Intestines			..	..	..	..	4	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	4
	6. Hernia			1	1	2	..	1	1	..	2	2	1	..	1	2	4	6
	7. Ileus			..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1
	8. Intussusception			..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	9. Stricture of Intestines			..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	1	..	1	1	1	2	3
	10. Fistula			1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	11. Stomach Disease, &c			2	..	2	3	..	3	..	1	1	2	1	3	7	2	9
	12. Pancreas Disease, &c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	13. Hepatitis			2	..	2	3	1	4	2	..	2	..	..	..	7	1	8
	14. Jaundice			2	..	2	3	..	3	5	..	5	2	1	3	12	1	13
	15. Liver Disease, &c.			2	4	6	2	2	4	3	4	7	2	5	7	9	15	24
	16. Spleen Disease,			..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Order6.—Urinary Organs.
	1. Nephritis			1	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	2	3
	2. Ischuria			..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)			4	2	6	..	5	5	..	1	1	4	4	8	8	12	20
	4. Diabetes			1	..	1	..	2	2	1	2	3	1	..	1	3	4	7
	5. Calculus (Stone)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
	6. Cystitis			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	7. Kidney Disease, &c.			1	2	3	2	1	3	..	4	4	4	3	7	7	10	17
	Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
	1. Ovarian Dropsy			..	1	1	2	..	2	l	..	1	..	..	..	3	1	4
	2. Uterus Disease, &c.			..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	2
	Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
	1. Synovitis (Arthritis)			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2. Joint Disease, &c.			..	..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	1	2	3	1	4	5
	Order 8.—Integumentary System.
	1. Phlegmon			..	2	2	..	1	1	2	..	2	..	1	1	₂	4	6
	2. Ulcer			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Skin Disease, &c.			..	..	..	..	¹	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	2
IV.	Developmental Diseases
	Order 1. Diseases of Children.
	1. Premature Birth			4	4	8	6	4	10	5	1	6	12	5	17	27	14	41
	2. Cyanosis			1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	3	..	3
	3. Spina Bifida			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1
	4. Other Malformations			..	2	2	1	..	1	..	....	..	1	..	1	2	2	4
	5. Teething			6	5	11	5	3	8	5	2	7	4	..	4	20	10	30
	Order 2.—Adults.
	1. Paramenia			..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1
	2. Childbirth (See Puerperal Fever)			1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	2
	Order 3.—Old People.
	1. Old Age			8	8	16	6	2	8	8	3	11	10	6	16	32	19	51
	Order 4.—Nutrition.
	1. Atrophy and Debility			15	5	20	13	6	18	21	3	24	15	1	16	64	14	78
V.	Violent Deaths.
	Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
	1. Fractures and Contusions			5	1	6	1	1	2	2	3	5	3	3	6	11	8	19
	2. Wounds		Gunshot	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2. Wounds		Cut, Stab	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3. Burns and Scalds			..	1	1	2	2	4	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	4	6
	4. Poison			1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	..	2
	5. Drowning			1	..	1	..	..		2	..	2	1	..	1	5	..	5
	6. Suffocation			2	..	2	1	..	1	..	1	1	2	2	4	5	3	8
	7. Otherwise			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	....
	Order 3.- Homicide			..	..	..	8	1	9	..	1	1	1	..	1	9	2	11
	Order 4.- Suicide			1	..	1	2	..	2	2	..	2	..	1	1	5	1	6
	Causes not specified or ill defined.			2	..	2	..	1	1	2	1	3	..	2	2	4	4	8

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Paddington 1878

Table: TABLE III A.Deaths Registered from all Causes during each quarter of the Year 1878, in each Sub-Districtof the Parish.Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents are excluded.