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1858 and 1859 respectively in 50 and 43 deaths, but in 1860 there succumbed
to the same diseases 13 persons.
Measles have been much more fatal, no death having occurred in 1859,
but in 1860, 13 persons (with one exception, children under 10 years of age)
died of this disease.
Lung diseases, including phthisis, have been unusually fatal, numbering
121.
Mortality in the Workhouse.
Of the 399 deaths registered, 84 cases occurred in the Union Workhouse,
17 between the ages of 70 and 80, 5 between 80 and 90, and 2 between 90
and 100, the oldest being 91.
Mortality of Childhood—Proportion of Births to Deaths.
The mortality of Children between birth and 10 years of age, has decreased,
131 being the number registered against 166 in 1859.
There have been 680 births during the year (349 males and 331 females)
consequently as the deaths number 399, there is an excess of 281 births over
deaths.
Sickness and Mortality amongst the Out-door Union Poor.
Table V., Appendix, exhibits the nature and amount of sickness amongst
the pauper population, as well as the deaths from each class of disease and
other causes.
Of the 739 cases of sickness which came under treatment amongst this
class, 37 terminated fatally, which is within a fraction of 5 per cent.
Lung diseases were very prevalent among all classes of the population
during the past year, to which disease 80 succumbed, but amongst the Outdoor
Union Poor, of 188 cases treated, 13 only proved fatal.
In this calculation I do not include phthisis, to which disease alone 41
deaths are attributed, but of these deaths 4 only occurred among the families
of the Out-door Poor, and 12 in the Union Workhouse.
Thirty-three cases of sudden death from natural causes and from violence
were found by coroner's inquisition, of which 5 occurred in the workhouse.
Preventive Measures adopted—Amount of Sanitary Work performed in the
Sub-District.
Considering the amount and kind of population, and the number of families
of the working classes which the manufactories in the neighbourhood compel
to take up their permanent abode in this parish, and considering also that the
workhouse, which is situated iu Battersea, and which is in fact the hospital
for the union poor of the entire district, has contributed largely to the deaths
of the year, the rate of mortality for 1860 can scarcely be looked upon, in
comparison with the death-rate of all London, as excessive; but it certainly