Table 7.—Causes of Sickness and Infirmity at Three Age-Groups (exclusive of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind)—continued.
| Causes of Sickness or Infirmity. |
Sex. |
AGE GROUPS. |
Total. |
| Under 20. |
20 to 65. |
65 and Upwards. |
Unspecified. |
| CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES—continued. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SUB-CLASS 5.—Venereal Diseases. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Syphilis |
M. |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
| F. |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| 2. Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra |
M. |
|
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
| SUB-CLASS 6.—Septic Diseases. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2. Erysipelas |
M. |
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
9 |
| F. |
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
| 3. Pyaemia, Septicaemia |
M. |
7 |
23 |
5 |
1 |
36 |
| F. |
1 |
7 |
4 |
|
12 |
| CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2. From Vegetable Parasites |
M. |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
| F. |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
| 3. Hydatids |
M. |
8 |
36 |
2 |
|
46 |
| F. |
7 |
23 |
2 |
|
32 |
| 4. Others from Animal Parasites |
F. |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
| CLASS III.—DIETIC DISEASES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Staravation |
M. |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| 2. Scurvy |
M. |
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
| F. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| 3. Intemperance—Chronic Alcholism |
M. |
|
5 |
|
|
5 |
| F. |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
| 4. Others (Chronic Opium Poisoning) |
M. |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of Heart |
M. |
11 |
20 |
|
1 |
32 |
| F. |
8 |
21 |
1 |
|
30 |
| 2. Rheumatism |
M. |
27 |
389 |
831 |
|
1,247 |
| F. |
24 |
321 |
466 |
2 |
813 |
| 3. Gout |
M. |
|
100 |
206 |
|
306 |
| F. |
|
46 |
78 |
|
124 |
| 4. Rickets |
M. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| F. |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
| 5. Cancer, Malignant Disease |
M. |
|
35 |
56 |
|
91 |
| F. |
|
35 |
20 |
|
55 |
| 6. Tabes Mesenterica |
M. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| F. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| 7. Tubercular Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) |
M. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| F. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| 8. Phthisis |
M. |
36 |
448 |
169 |
|
653 |
| F. |
43 |
156 |
12 |
|
211 |
| 9. Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula, &c. |
M. |
110 |
54 |
8 |
1 |
173 |
| F. |
90 |
33 |
10 |
|
133 |
| 10. Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis |
M. |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| 11. Anemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia |
M. |
1 |
8 |
|
|
9 |
| F. |
23 |
28 |
1 |
|
52 |
| 12. Diabetes Mellitus |
M. |
|
8 |
7 |
|
15 |
| F. |
3 |
11 |
3 |
|
17 |
| CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7. Congenital Defects |
M. |
30 |
5 |
|
|
35 |
| F. |
22 |
12 |
1 |
|
35 |
| 8. Old Age |
M. |
|
4 |
1,566 |
|
1,570 |
| F. |
|
24 |
909 |
3 |
936 |
| CLASS VI.—LOCAL DISEASES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SUB-CLASS I.—Diseases of the Nervous System. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Inflammation of Brain or its Membranes |
M. |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|
8 |
| F. |
1 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
| 2. Apoplexy |
M. |
2 |
14 |
5 |
|
21 |
| F. |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
11 |
| 3. Softening of Brain |
M. |
|
1 |
5 |
|
6 |
| F. |
|
1 |
3 |
|
4 |
| 4. Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis |
M. |
|
2 |
6 |
|
8 |
| F. |
|
4 |
2 |
|
6 |
| 5. Paralysis |
M. |
76 |
312 |
353 |
1 |
742 |
| F. |
57 |
199 |
215 |
3 |
474 |
| 6. Insanity (General Paralysis of Insane) |
M. |
199 |
1,956 |
382 |
90 |
2,627 |
| F. |
177 |
1,692 |
328 |
101 |
2,298 |
| 7. Chorea |
M. |
9 |
|
|
|
9 |
| F. |
18 |
3 |
|
|
21 |