Deaths in Philadelphia from June 22 d to July 20th, 1850. Reported
by Mr. James Aitken Meigs, Student of Medicine.
Diseases.	Ad’ts | Chil.
Anaemia, ...	0	1
Aphthae, ....	0	3
Apoplexy, .	.	.14	0
Asphyxia, ...	0	2
Asthma, ....	0	1
Burns and Scalds, ..13
Cachexia, ...	0	1
Cancer, ....	1	0
££	breast,	..10
1£	liver,	..10
“ stomach, .	3	0
11	throat,	..10
Caries of spine, ..01
Casualties, .	.	.	7	9
Cholera, ....	4	0
Cholera infantum, .	.	0	211
££ morbus, ..75
Concussion of brain,	.	0	1
Congestion of lungs,	.	0	4
££	brain,	.	3	13
Convulsions,	.	.	.	1	60
££ puerperal. .	2	0
Croup, ....	0	4
Cyanosis, ...	0	3
Debility,	.	.	.	3	11
Dementia, ...	1	0
Diabetes, ...	2	0
Diarrhoea,	.	.	.	13	30
Disease of brain, .	.	2	11
chest, ..01
££	heart,	..71
liver, ..01
<£	lungs,	..04
££	spine,	..01
££ stomach and bowels,	0	6
Dropsy, ...	5	3
“ abdominal, .	1	0
Drowned, ...	7	9
Dysentery, .	.	.	22	43
Effusion on brain, ..19
Enlargement of heart, .	1	0
Epilepsy, ...	1	0
Erysipelas, ...	0	3
Exhaustion, ...01
Fever, .	.	.	.22
‘£ intermittent, .	0	1
££ puerperal, ..20
££ remittent, ..32
<£ scarlet, .	.	2	32
Diseases.	L-kdUs | Chil.
Fever, typhoid ..33
££ typhus, ..31
Fracture of skull, ..02
Gangrene of foot, ..10
i ££	lungs	..11
Hemoptysis, ...	1	0
Hemorrhage from gums, .	0	1
Hernia, .	.	.	.30
Hydrocephalus, .	.	0	36
Hydropericardium, ..10
Hydrothorax. ...	1 I
Inanition, .	.	.	0 i 7
Inflammation of brain, .	6	25
££	bronchi,	.	.	4	i 6
“	heart,	.	.	1	1
kidneys, .	.	11
££	larynx,	..03
££	liver,	..21
££ lungs, .	.	5	15
££	peritoneum, .	1	1
££	stom. & bowels,	5	14
££ uterus, ..20
Intemperance,	..30
Intussuseption,	..10
Jaundice, ...	0	2
Malformation,	..04
££	of heart, .	0	1
Mania-a-potu,	..90
Marasmus, .	.	.	1	42
Measles, ...	0	4
Old age, .	.	.	.	19 !	0
Palsy, ....	4	0
Perforation of intestines, .	0	1
Phthisis pulmonalis, .	44	i 16
Pertussis, .	.	.	0	13
Poisoning,	...	0	1
Scirrhus of liver, ..10
Scrofula,	...	0	3
Small pox,	...	3	6
Still born,	.	.	.	0 47
Spina bifida, .	.	.	0*1
Spasm of intestines, .	0	1
Suicide, .	.	.	.20
Sunstroke, ...	0	1
Tabes mesenterica, .	0	2
Teething, ...	0	2
Tetanus, ...	1	0
Tuberculosis, ...	0	4
Tumor of larynx, ..01
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Ulceration of throat	.	0	1
“	bowels,	.	2	0
Unknown, .	.	.59
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Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Violence,	...	1	0
Wounds,	...	0	1
258 776
Total,........................................................1034
Of the foregoing the ages were as follows :—
Under 1 year,	-	-	-	470
From 1	to -	2,	-	-	152
2	-	-	5,	-	-	67
5	-	-	10,	-	-	.	45
10	-	-	15,	-	-	18
15	-	-	20,	-	-	24
20	-	30,	66
30	-	-	40,	-	-	55
40	-	-	50,	-	-	38
50	-	-	60,	-	-	38
60	-	-	70,	-	-	28
70	-	-	80,	-	-	25
80	-	-	90,	-	-	6
90	-	-	100,	-	-	2
1034
Included in this number, are 66 from the Almshouse, 16 from the sur»
rounding country, and 18 people of color.