Deaths in Philadelphia from April 20th to June 22d, 1850. Reported
by Mr. James Aitken Meigs, Student of Medicine.
Diseases.	Ad’tB Chil.
Abscess,	...	3	0
££	of lungs ..11
“	of throat, ..01
Anaemia,	... 4 1
Aneurism of Heart, .	.	1	0
Angina Pectoris, ..01
Apoplexy, .	.	.	20	0
“ Pulmonary, .	1	0
Asthma, .... 2 0
Burns and Scalds, ..38
Cachexia, ... 1 0
Cancer of breast, ..40
££ stomach, .	2	0
££ uterus, ..20
Cancrum oris, ..04
Caries of spine, ..01
Casualties, ...	2	5
Cholera infantum, .	.	0	29
££ morbus, ,.41
Colic, ....	1	0
Compression of brain, .	0	1
Congestion of lungs, .	4	4
££	brain, .	7	12
Convulsions, .	.	.	2	74
puerperal, .	1	0
Croup, .	.	.	.	0	22
Cyanosis, ...	0	3
Debility,	.	.	.	9	37
Diarrhoea,	.	.	.	7	13
Disease of brain, .	.	4	17
££	chest,	..20
££ heart, .	.10	7
“	liver,	.,30
££	lungs,	..04
11	ovary,	..10
££	spleen,	..01
11 stomach and bowels,	1	1
Dropsy,	.	.	.11	4
“ abdominal, .	1	1
Drowned,	.	.	.	13	9
Dysentery,	.	.	.	9	23
Dyspepsia, ...	1	0
Effusion on	brain,	.	.	2	11
Emphysema pulmonary, 1	2
Erysipelas, ...	8	7
Fever, ....	0	6
u congestive, ..01
11 continued, ..10
“ intermittent, .	1	1
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chjl.
Fever,	puerperal,	..50
££	remittent,	..12
“ scarlet, .	.	3 103
£‘	typhoid,	..93
££	typhus,	..84
Fracture, ...	1	0
££ of skull, ..10
Fungus hsematodes, .	1	0
Gangrene of leg, ..10
Gout, .	...	1	0
Gun-shot wound, ..01
Hemorrhage, ...	2	1
££ from uterus, .	2	0
Haemoptysis, ...	7	1
Hsematemesis, ..10
Hernia, ,	.	..12
Hydrocephalus, .	.	0	61
Hydropericardium, ..61
Hydrothorax. ...	9	9
Inanition, ...	1	3
Inflammation of brain, .	5	2.7
££	breast,	,.01
bronchi, .	.	6	28
diaphragm, .	1	0
£t	heart,	..20
££	kidneys,	..10
££	larynx,	..12
££	liver,	..80
££ lungs, .	.	22	55
££ peritoneum, .	5	5
££	pleura,	..20
££	stom. &	bowels, 15	22
££	uterus,	..01
Intemperance, .	.11	0
Ijauridice, ...	0	3
iMalformation, ..02
££	of heart, .	0	2
Mania, ....	2	0
Mania-a-potu, .	.10	0
Marasmus, .	.	.	1	18
Measles, .	.	.	0	27
Melanosis, ...	1	0
Mortification, ...	0	I
“ of mouth & throat,	0	2
Neuralgia, ...	1	0
Old age, .	.	.	.	29	0
Obstruction of intestines, 0	1
Parturition,	.	.	•	2	0
Palsy, .	.	.	.	7	I	II
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Phlegmasia dolens,	. 1 0
Phthisis pulmonalis,	.138 32
Pertussis, .	.	0	10
Poisoning, ...	4	3
Purpura, ...	1	1
Rheumatism, ..20
Scirrhus of stomach, .	1	0
Scrofula, .	.	.	3	10
Small pox, ...	1	5
Softening of stomach, .	0	1
“	brain, ..11
Sphacelus of throat, .	0	1
Still born, .	0	86
Suffocation, ...	1	1
Suicide. .*	.	.	.10
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Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Sunstroke,'	.	.	.10
Syncope,	...	1	0
Syphilis,	...	1	0
Tabes mesenterica,	.	0	4
Teething,	...	0	3
Tetanus,	...	2	0
Ulceration of liver,	.	1	0
“	throat, .	0	4
“	bowels, .	4	1
Unknown, .	.	.	12	14
Violence,	...	1	1
Varicella,	...	0	1
Wounds,	...	0	1
__________________________519 882
Total,.........................................................1401
Of the foregoing the ages were as follows:—
Under 1 year,	-	-	-	345
From 1	to -	2,	-	-	163
2	-	-	5,	-	-	222
5	-	-	10,	-	-	81
10	-	-	15,	-	-	26
15	-	-	20,	-	-	43
20	-	-	30,	-	-	124
30	-	-	40,	-	111
'40	-	-	50,	-	-	97
50	-	.	60,	-	-	57
60	-	70,	50
70	-	80,	43
80	-	-	90,	-	-	29
90	-	-	100,	-	-	10
1401
Included in this number, are 95 from the Almshouse, 121 people of color,
and 14 from the surrounding country.