Deaths in Philadelphia from -dug. 24dh to Sept. 21st, 1850. Reported
by Mr. James Aitken Meigs, Student of Medicine.
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Abscess, ...	0	1
Anaemia, ...	0	1
Angina pectoris, ..IQ
Apoplexy, ...	6	0
Asthma, ....	2	0
Burns, .	..12
Cachexia, ...	0	1
Cancer, ....	2	0
“	breast, ..10
“ stomach, .	2	0
“	uterus, ..20
Cancrum oris,	..02
Caries of jaw	..01
Casualties, .'	1	1
Cholera infantum, .	.	0	48
Compression of brain, .	0	1
Concussion “ .	» 0 1
Congestion of lungs, .	• 0	2
11	brain,	.	2	6
Convulsions,	.	.	.	2	27
Croup, ....	0	7
Cyanosis, ...	0	2
Debility, general, .	.	5	11
Diabetes, ...	2	0
Diarrhcea,	.	.	.	8	16
Disease	of brain,	...08
“	heart,	..51
u kidneys, .	1	1
<{	liver,	..20
“	lungs,	..21
“ ovaries,	.	1	0
“ stomach and bowels,	0	2
Dropsy, ...	6	4
11	abdominal,	.	1	0
11 of breast, .	.	1,	0
<£	head, .	.	0	26
Drowned, ...	7	7
Dysentery,	.	.	.	33	41
Effusion on brain, ..27
Epilepsy,	i.	.20
Erysipelas, ...	1	0
Fever, „ .	.	.	.13
ic cerebral, ..01
11	congestive, .	.	1'	0
hectic, ..01
‘‘ intermittent,	. 1 3
11 puerperal, ..10
Cl remittent, ..62
“ scarlet, .	.	0	12
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
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Fever, typhoid, .	.11	3
“ typhus, ..60
Gangrene, ...	1	1
Haemoptysis, ...	2	1
Hemorrhage .	.	.	1	1
“	uterine,	.	3	0
Ileus, ....	1	0
Inflammation of brain, .	5	16
“	bronchi, .	.	0	10
liver,	..21
lf	lungs, .	.	5	14
ovaries,	..10
“	peritoneum,	.	5	2
11	pleura,	..02
“	stom. &	bowels, 10	11
“	throat,	..01
Inanition,	...	0	5
Intemperance, ..60
Ischuria,	...	1	0
Jaundice,	...	1	0
Kidneys and liver, fatty
degeneration of, .	.10
Malformation, ..01
11	of heart, .	0	1
Malignant disease of bones, 0	1
“ sore throat, .	0	1
Mania-a-potu, ..30
Marasmus, .	.	.	0	34
Measles, ...	0	2
Mortification of hand, .	1	0
Obstruction of bowels, .	1	0
Old age, .	.	.	.	22	0
Ossificat. of valves of heart,	1	0
Palsy, ....	6	0
Pertussis,	.	.	•	0	21
Phthisis pulmonalis, .	47	13
Poisoning, ...	2	0
Purpura hemorrhagica, .	0	2
Rupture of uterus ..10
Scrofula, .	.	. I. 2
Small pox,	...	0	2
Softening of brain, ..01
Spina bifida,	...	0	2
Still born,	.	•	.	0	40
Suffocation,	...	2	1
Syncope,	.	.	•	1	0
Syphilis,	...	1	0
Tabes mesenterica, .	1	5
Teething, .	.	.10	8
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Diseases.	Ad’ts Chil.
Tetanus,	...	0	1
Ulceration of small intest. 2	1
u	colon, ' ,	1	0
Diseases.	Ad’ts Chii.
Unknown,	...	7	2
Violence,	...	4	0
Wound, .	.	.20
269 459
Total,................................’	. t. .	.	728
Of the loregoing the ages were as follows :—
Under 1 year,	-	-	-	207
From 1	to -	2,	-	-	116
2 - - 5, - - 82
5	-	10,	26
10	-	-	15,	-	-	13
15	20,	-	-	15
20	-	-	30,	-	-	64
30	-	- r -	40,	-	61
40	.	-	50,	-	-	-	40
50	-	-	60,	-	'	-	32
60	-	70,	31
70	-	-	80,	-	-	21
80	-	-	90,	-	-	17
90	-	-	100,	-	-	3
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728
Included in this number, are 53 from the Almshouse, 14 from the sur-
rounding country, and 58 people of color.