Show caused cause of death in england to the regi stra generals Gene raPs report is D ap P pen peri ird lod as usual an instructive paper by dr W farr on the causes of death in england the year now rf reported ported on 1859 is the hist bist in which diphtheria dip theria therla las ilaa obtained a line in the tables it had haa previously been con founded with cy sancho nancho and aad wren ghea tho the imo lw are put boeber to toz tor eber elber the rapid progress of this great eaid em c le comps comes evid nt the deaths in 1855 wee we wc e 35 in 1853 1831 in 1582 in 1638 1058 in 1339 epidemics of are clearly dearly described in the seventh ren century tury by italian and arld spanish writers and its fre frequent luent association with justi justl ft nna fir 4 the inference that the dip therine herine ita its hnit hasi eries rt ra abl is some mo of of the whole deaths of the year vear ene one foerth were referred to tha thi c diseases smallpox pox destroyed pes peb persons ns chiefly cli cil iiren loreti who bad no not nob been an aa a dr farr remarks of the rigor avit with th wh eh cb the infringement of sani ary laws iq vi ii tet itel for the tha th children perish and the people lose their by the neglect of a precaution re caution of the simplest kind A fatal outbreak F of erysipelas at the winchester infirmary was vas traced tracel to a cesspool of the parasitic diseases it is remarked that the tha ova if ra ni at ett be derived generally irm frim impure river waters into which the refuse of towns in ib pawed pou ed we vve have but t an imperfect conception of the number rumber of deaths from exceR give drinkins vi were cre ere directly escrib d to i temperance and nd 50 to deli deil tro morn mern yi 1 in all ail a 1 l fromi the abe two forn forms a f passin next to di afram df rase rare rag another regiment regla regia ent eat of the enemies that dogs 0 oar oci ar steps we find gout described as ai nearly sta tta 1 flonary 5 it is considered that than thanks 8 to the more intelligent system of dining which the wealthier classes wearied with this racking disease will probably introduce we may hope to see bee gout rapidly decline the deaths from disease have decreased since 1853 those from bronchitis have increased very greatly of late years amongst local diseases we find affections of the three vital borgars or gars the bruci bra ln the heart and the lungs causing nearly a third of all the deaths of the year fright was the cause of seven deaths grief I 1 i of eight echt rage of five anxiety of one mental I 1 shocks of one of the leatha deaths of 21 01 men and 26 women about infants died of convulsions a striking and distressing symptom but probably only part of the disease which is the result of organic lesions and arld local irritations that are never discovered deaths are referred to the 1 decay of aldage old oid age without any disease the weary wheel of life at length len ien th stood still I 1 were killed a sad confession says i dr farr for a nation humane civilized and skilled in all au the art to have to make annually 75 persons in 16 thus die a v death of these in 1859 1939 are ascribed to accident or negligence among them were by poison 1213 deaths were declared by coroners juries to be suicides murder or mans mani manslaughter laughter 18 13 persons were killed ba b lightning neaily all persons of outdoor occupations the house is safer than the field it is hoped that the arrangement for I 1 paying co boners by salary will brin bring beatr information formation iti on the subject s aba ct of violent and sudden deaths and throw new lioba 0 on oil their causes |