283
Acute Peritonitis, Streptococcæmia, Tubercular Peritonitis,. Acute Pleurisy, Acute Pericarditis, Liver Abscess, .... Hæmorrhagic Pneumonia, Pneumococcæmia, Strangulation of Intestine, Starvation,..................... Staphylo coccæmia, Acute Hydrocephalus,
Acute Tetanus,.
Intussusception,
Acute Nephritis,
Congenital Syphilis,
Drowning,
Bodies "Too Decomposed,"
Number of post-mortems held on :--
1.-Children under 2 weeks of age:-
ON GL
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
46
Males,
Females,
Total,..
2.- Children over 2 weeks and under 2 years :-
Males,
Females,
Total,....
3.—Children over 2 years and under 5 years:-
Males,
Females,
Total,.....
42
49
91
.162
.197
..359
..189
.173
...362
The following general conclusions have been drawn as the result of 812 post- mortem examinations on children under 5 years of age.
(1) The post-mortem examinations on children under 5 years of age
comprise about 35 % of the total number of neoropsies held.
(2.) Male children ars as frequently brought for examination as female
children.
(3.) About one-fourth of the children examined come from the Convents. (4.) About twice as many females as inales come from the Convents. (5.) The largest number of children are found in the streets.
(6.) Children under 2 years of age die most frequently in a condition of
marasmus,
(7.) Children under 5 years of age, during 1903, died most frequently from
plague.
(8.) Plague figures largely as a cause of dead in children under 2 years of
age.
(9.) All types of plague are more common in children over 2 years of age. (10.) Pneumonic plague is relatively infrequent in children under 2 years of
age.
(11.) Broncho-pneumonia affects all ages, and excluding marasmus, is
accountable for the largest number of deaths under 5 years of age. (12.) Acute tuberculosis is uncommon in children under 2
years of age. (13.) Intestinal tuberculosis in children is of the rarest possible occurrence. (14.) My results appear to show that food as a medium of infection in tuber-
culosis is of little importance.
(15.) Liver abscess may be found in young children,
(16.) It may also affect female children.