Deaths in Philadelphia from March 23d to April 20th, 1850. Reported
by Mr. James Aitken Meigs, Student of Medicine.
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Abortion, ...	1	0
Abscess, ...	0	1
11 of lungs ..20
Aneemia, ...	0	1
Apoplexy, ...	4	0
Bums, ....	1	2
Cancer, ....	1	0
££	of lungs,	..10
11	of mouth, ..10
££ stomach, .	1	0
11 uterus, ..10
Casualties, ...	4	3
Cholera infantum, ..01
Compression of brain,	.	0	1
Congestion of lungs,	.	2	5
££	brain,	.	5	2
Convulsions,	.	.	.	2	28
puerperal,	.	1	0
Croup, .	.	.	.	0	15
Cyanosis,	...	0	1
Debility,	...	3	7
Dentition, .	.	.03
Diarrhoea,	...	1	1
Disease of brain,	..08
11	breast,	..01
££	heart,	.	,84
££	liver,	..10
££ lungs, .	.41'
11	spine,	.	.01
££	throat,	.	.01
Dropsy, general, ..73
“ of head, .	.	0	22
heart,	.	. 0 1 E
£1 breast, .	.511
Drowned, .	.	. 0	2,1
Dysentery, .	.	.67!
Effusion on brain,	.	.21!
Enlargement of heart,	.	1	If
liver,	.	0	1	f
Erysipelas, .	.	.13	1
Fever,	catarrhal, .	0	2	r
‘£	intermittent,	-0	1	'■
11	puerperal,	.	.20"
Cl	remittent,	.	.01"
,£	scarlet,	.	. 0 67 I
£‘ typhoid, ..77
tl	typhus,	.	.611
Gangrene of the lungs, .	0	1
Gangrenous inflammation, 0	1
.	Diseases.	Ad’ts Chit
Hemorrhage, ...	0	3
11 from stomach, 1	0
Hernia, .	.	..11
:l umbilical, ..10
Hydrocele, ...	0	1
Inflammation, general, .	1	0
“ of brain, .	.	0	11
££ breast, ,.02
“ bronchi, .	.	3	14
larynx, ..03
££ liver, ..10
££ lungs, .	.	12	22
oesophagus, .	1	0
“	peritoneum, .	2	0
££	pericardium, .	0	1
££	pleura, ..20
££	stom. & bowels, 4	5
££	tonsils, ..10
Intemperance & exposure, 5	0
Ileus, .	.	.	.10
Jaundice, ...	1	0
Malformation of heart, .	0	1
Malignant disease of eye,	0	1
Mania-a-potu, ..20
Marasmus, .	.	.	3	11
Measles, .	.	.07
Mortification of bowels, .	1	0
Old age, .	.	.	.150
Palsy, ....	7	0
Pertussis, ...	0	9
Phthisis pulmonalis, .	49	15
Phlegmasia dolens, .	1	0
Purpura, ...	0	1
Rupture of the uterus, .	1	0
Scalds, .	.	.	.01
Scirrhus of stomach, .	2	0
Scrofula, ...	1	3
Small pox, ...	2	3
Still born, .	.	.	0	44
Suicide, ....	4	0
Tabes mesenterica, .	0	4
Tetanus, ...	0	1
Tuberculosis,	..10
Tumor, abdominal, .	1	0
Ulceration of stomach, .	1	0
£l	throat, .	0	2
Unknown, .	.	.	4	10
213 386
Total,........................................................ 599
Of the foregoing the ages were as follows:—
Under 1 year,	-	-	-	154
From 1	to -	2,	-	-	63
2	-	-	5,	-	-	100
5	-	-	10,	-	-	40
10	-	-	15,	-	-	11
15	-	-	20,	-	-	17
20	-	30,	48
30	-	-	40,	-	-	37
40	-	-	50,	-	-	40
50	-	-	60,	-	-	34
60	-	70,	24
70	-	80,	18
80	-	-	90,	-	-	10
90	-	-	100,	-	-	2
100	-	-	110,	-	-	1
599
Included in this number, are 34 from the Almshouse, 47 people of color,
and 9 from the surrounding country.