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700 deaths occurred from all causes in infants and children
under five years of age. In the preceding eight years the numbers
were respectively, 663, 656, 628, 624, 707, 724, 728, and 789.
343 deaths occurred at and above 60, including 53 at and
above 80; the corresponding numbers for the preceding year
being 351 and 55.
293 deaths arose from pulmonary diseases, the number for
the preceding year being 347.
174 deaths occurred in the Workhouse; the deaths for the
last six years having been 120, 137, 160, 172, 158, and 167.
38 deaths tooks place in the House of Correction ; and 4 in
the House of Detention. The numbers for the preceding year
were 42 and 5.
The accidental deaths were 19, against 22 in 1864, viz.: 6
from fractures and contusions, 1 from burns, 8 from suffocation,
and 4 from other causes.
6 deaths arose from murder, all in infants. In 1864, 1 death
only arose from this cause.
11 deaths arose from suicide, viz.:—2 from wounds; 5 from
poison; and 4 from hanging.
106 inquests were held in the year; 72 upon persons dying
from natural causes; 17 upon those dying from accident or
negligence; 6 upon those where murder was committed; and 11
upon those dying from suicide.
We have here the principal numerical facts connected with
the mortality of the year. A summary of the causes of death,
and the ages at which they occurred, will be found in the appended
Table. The deaths were 116 more than the average, but 122 less
than those of the preceding year.
In estimating the mortality, the question of increase of
population must be taken into account. According to the census
of 1861, the population of the district was found to have increased
by the number 903 from the years 1851 to 1861; so
that if this rate was preserved, there would be 451 more
inhabitants in the district than in 1861, making a total of 66,130.
Whether this increase exists in the population, is, however,
doubtful, since many houses have been pulled down, and the
Model Lodging-houses, Corporation and Cobden Buildings have
been constructed and occupied. At any rate, the mortality is
less than that of the preceding year; the births were also more
numerous. Judging from the number of births, the population
would amount to 68,000. The mortality of any district in the
metropolis, is to some extent, connected with that of the remaining.