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BIOLOGY OF DEATH 



basis, death coming under either of these two categories is 

 not properly chargeable, organically, against the infant at 



No. 



151* 



42 



137 



152* 



43 



37 



126 



132 



129 

 134 

 130 

 136 

 140 

 131 

 135 

 125 



38 

 128 



127 



133 



139 



TABLE 10 

 Primary and secondary sex organs 



' Cause of Death '* as per International 

 Classification 



Premature birth 



Cancer of the female genital organs 



Puerperal septicemia 



Injuries at birth 



Cancer of the breast 



Syphilis 



Diseases of the prostate 



Salpingitis and other diseases of 

 9 genital organs 



Uterine tumor (non-cancerous) . . . 



Accidents of pregnancy 



Other diseases of the uterus 



Other accidents of labor 



Following childbirth 



Cysts and other tumors of ovary . . 



Puerperal hemorrhage 



Diseases of the urethra, urinary 

 abscesses, etc 



Gonococcus infection 



Uterine hemorrhage (non-puerpe- 

 ral) 



Non-venereal diseases of c? genital 

 organs 



Non-puerperal diseases of breast 

 (except cancer) 



Puerperal phlegmasia, etc 



Registration Area, 

 U. S. A. 



1906-10 1901-05 



35.7 

 10.8 

 6.8 

 6.6 

 6.5 

 5.4 

 3.4 



2.2 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.0 



0.4 

 0.3 



0.2 



0.1 



0.1 

 0.1 



30.8 

 10.0 

 6.3 

 5.0 

 5.6 

 4.1 

 2.6 



2.1 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.7 

 0.9 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 1.0 



0.4 

 0.1 



0.3 



0.1 



0.1 



England 



and 



Wales 



1914 



46.9 

 12.9 

 3.7 

 2.8 

 10.4 

 5.8 

 4.2 



0.5 

 0.8 

 1.1 

 0.4 

 1.1 

 0.1 

 0.8 

 1.3 



1.2 

 0.2 







0.2 



0.1 

 0.9 



Sao 

 Paulo 

 1917 



66.8 

 6.6 

 6.5 

 2.1 

 1.6 



15.0 

 0.7 



0.2 







0.2 



0.4 



0.7 



0.2 

 1.7 



0.7 

 













 



Totals 88.1 



77.4 



95.4 



103.2 



* In part. 



all, but should be charged, on such a basis, against the 

 mother. To go further into detail, it is apparent that when 

 a premature birth occurs it is because the reproductive 



