Deaths in Philadelphia from Sept. 21st to Oct. 19th, 1850. Reported
by Mr. James Aitken Meigs, Student of Medicine.
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Abscess, ...	1	0
11 oflungs, ..11
11 of perineum, .	0	1
Apoplexy, ...	7	0
Asthma, ....	1	0
Burns, .	..21
Cancer of face, ..10
“ stomach, .	2	0
11 uterus, ..10
Carditis, ...01
Casualties, ...	5	3
Cholera infantum, .	. Oil
“ morbus, ..10
Congestion of brain,	.	5	3
“	liver,	.	0	1
“	lungs,	.	3	2
Convulsions, .	.	.	1	33
11	puerperal,	.	0	1
Croup, ....	0	6
Cyanosis, ...	0	2
Debility, general, .	.	9	12
Diabetes, ...	1	0
Diarrhoea, .	.	.	5	10
Disease of brain, ..20
“ heart, ..61
li kidneys, .	2 o
“	. liver, .	.	2 o
“	lungs,	..12
“	spine,	..01
“ stomach and bowels,	2	1
Dropsy, ...	8	1
“	abdominal,	.	3	1
“ of breast, ..21
“	of head, . . 0 13
Drowned, ...	3	2
Dysentery, .	.	.	26	16
Effusion on brain, ..15
“ lungs, ..10
Emphysema, pulmonary,	1	0
Enlargement of liver, .	1	0
Epilepsy, ...	1	0
Erysipelas, ...	2	2
Exhaustion, ...	1	0
Fever, ....	0	1
Cl	bilious,	..31
“	cerebral,	..10
(£	congestive,	..31
£-	hectic,	..01
‘‘ intermittent, .	1	0
Diseases.	Ad’ts | Chil.
Fever, puerperal, ..30
“ remittent, ..60
“ scarlet, .	.	0	10
“ typhoid, .	.12	4
“ typhus, ..91
Fistula,	...	1	0
Fracture, ...	1	0
“ of leg, ..10
11	skull, ..01
Gangrsenopsis, ..01
Gangrene of intestines, .	0	1
Haemoptysis, ...	1	0
Hemorrhage ...	1	0
“ uterine, .	1	0
Hernia, strangulated, .	1	0
Inflammation of brain, .	2	7
“	breast,	..03
11	bronchi, .	.	2	12
“	liver,	..13
11	lungs,	..87
11	parotid gland,	.	0	1
a	peritoneum,	.	3	4
“	pleura,	..10
“	stom. &	bowels, 11	5
Inanition,	...	1	3
Intemperance,	..20
Intussusception, ..20
Jaundice,	...	0	1
Malsenia,	...	1	0
Malformation, ..04
Mania-a-potu, ..90
Marasmus, .	.	.	2	23
Measles, ...	0	1
Mortification, ...	1	0
OEdema glottidis, ..10
Old age, .	.	.	.17	0
Palsy, ....	4	0
Perforation of stomach, .	1	0
Pertussis, ...	0	9
Phthisis pulmonalis, .66	2
Poisoning, ...	0	1
Scirrhus, ...	1	0
“ of stom. and liver, 1	0
Softening of heart, .	1	0
“ spinal marrow, 1 o
“ stomach, .	0	1
Spina bifida, ... 0 1
Still born, .	.	.	0	32
Tabes mesenterica, . 0 2
Diseases.	Ad’tB Chil.
Teething,	...	0	1
Tetanus,	...	1	1
Tuberculosis,	...	0	1
Ulceration of small intest.	1	I
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Ulceration of throat, .	1	0
Unknown,	...	2	2
Varicella,	...	2	1
Violence,	...	1	0
303 291
Total,........................................................594
Of the foregoing the ages were as follows:—
Under 1 year,	-	-	-	146
From 1	to -	2,	-	-	62
2	-	-	5,	-	-	40
5	-	-	10,	-	-	24
10	-	-	15,	-	-	7
15	-	-	20,	-	-	12
20	-	-	30,	-	-	67
30	-	-	40,	-	-	74
40	-	-	50,	-	-	56
50	-	-	60,	-	-	41
60	-	-	70,	-	-	29
70	-	-	80,	-	-	20
80	-	-	90,	-	-	13
90	-	-	100,	-	-	3
594
Included in this number, are 56 from the Almshouse, 20 from the sur-
rounding country, and 38 people of color.