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135, BETHNAL GREEN ROAD,
Apeil 16th, 1860.
Gentlemen,
The Report which I have now the pleasure
to submit comprises our Statistics and Progress in 1859.
As heretofore, the one represents the sanitary appliances,
the other the Births and Deaths of the year. Happily, when
contrasted with 1858, the Birth rate advanced, the health
of the population improved, and the mortality decreased.
Meteorologically the temperature of the year was beyond the
mean ; on April 1st and 7th, its readings varied nearly 54° ;
on two days in July they attained 93° in the shade, and
115° in the sun ; and on December 19th they fell to 14°, or
18° below the freezing point. Table 1 points out the influences
month by month that the atmospheric vicissitudes
had on life. It shows that the mean reading of the Barometer
was, at Greenwich, 29.772 inches, the mean temperature
of the air 50° '8, the dew point temperature 44°.6, and
the rain-fall 25.9 inches;—that the mortality of London was
61,617, and that of Bethnal Green 2273. In the latter
District the return of deaths was least (26 and 25) in the
weeks ending April 2nd and April 30th; and greatest (71
and 70) in the weeks dating July 23rd and July 30th. As
to Seasons, 600 persons were cut off in the 1st quarter; 486
in the 2nd; 603 in the 3rd; and 584 in the 4th. In point
of comparison their per centage equivalents differ from those
of 1858 in being .19 in excess in the Winter; 2.41 less in
the Spring; l.83 more in the Summer; and .39 higher in the
Autumn. Of the sum total, 22 deaths were not certified,
and 16 had not the attendance of any Medical Man.