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SUMMARY

Diseases of the brain and nervous system	638
Febrile diseases	605
Rheumatism and neuralgic diseases	490
Diseases of the fluids, and of unknown site	346
External scrofula	253
Scirrhus and cancer	42
Diseases of the head & throat	386
Diseases of the lungs & pleura	1470
Diseases of the heart	78

Diseases of the abdominal viscera	2025
Diseases of the female genital organs	625
Diseases of the urinary organs	106
Chronic diseases of the skin	528
Anomalous cases	54
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Total medical cases	7646
Add surgical cases	1181
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Total cases	8827

Table B.—Abstract of the diseases of which persons died in the parish of St. Paul (including the fishing villages of Newlyn and Mousal) from 1795 to 1814; extracted from the parish register; a period of nineteen years.

NAMES (AS GIVEN IN THE REGISTER), AND NUMBER. OF DISEASES.
In how many yrs.		No.	In how many yrs.		No.
Consumption	9	18	Burn and scald	4	5
Old age	19	198	Jaundice	1	1
Small-pox[1]	15	89	Weakness	2	8
Asthma	2	2	King's evil	1	1
Sudden death	11	22	Gravel	1	1
Decline	19	179	Throat disorder	1	1
Fever[2]	18	68	Fractured scull	1	1
Dropsy	17	46	Want of natural functions	1	1
Mortification	16	35	Pain (of knee, head, stomach)	3	3
Measles[3]	5	27	Cancer	6	7
Croup	9	15	Atrophy	2	2
Palsy	10	13	Dysentery	1	1
Inflammation	9	18	Ulcer	1	1
Bilious complaints	1	1	Abcess	1	1
Unknown		37	Colic	1	1
Fits and convulsions	15	37	Lunacy and mental disorder	2	3
Imposthume	6	178	Polypus	1	1
Hooping cough	7	11	Suffocation	1	1
Child-birth	7	11	Fright	1	1
Apoplexy	10	20
Inflammation of bowels	10	22
Liver complaints	1	1
Accidental	5	9			——
Swine-pox	1	1	Total		914

1. In 1797 there were 16 cases; in 1802, 16; in 1803, 17.
2. 1801 was clear.
3. In 1811 there were 6 cases; 1812, 15.