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(153) for all England, although it is greatly below
the average (197) for the chief towns of England.
Causes or Death.
The chief causes of death during the year were as
follows:—Phthisis 234, tabes and scrofula 88, hydrocephalus
24, pneumonia and bronchitis 326, alvine
disorders 51 (39 of which were among children),
continued fever 28, scarlet fever 9, small-pox 26,
measles 40, whooping-cough, croup, and diptheria 86,
and erysipelas 16—making together 346 deaths from
tubercular diseases, 326 from inflammatory affections
of the lungs, and 256 from diseases of a zymotic
character. In the corresponding period of the last
10 years, the average number of deaths from each of
these groups of diseases was 493, 383, and 492
respectively. But, besides these, there were 120
deaths from violence, privation, and poison, against
an average of 146, and 97 from convulsions and teething,
against an average of 135. To put these results
in a simpler form, it may be said that of every 1,000
deaths in the City during the year, 185 were from
pneumonia and bronchitis, 133 from phthisis, 50
from tabes and scrofula, 69 from hydrocephalus,
convulsions, and teething, 29 from alvine disorders,
16 from continued fever, 5 from scarlet fever, 15 from
small-pox, 22 from measles, 49 from whooping-cough,
croup, and diphtheria, 9 from erysipelas, 68 from
violence, &c., and 350 from diseases of a chronic
character. In the case of lung diseases (phthisis,
pneumonia, and bronchitis) the proportion has risen