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REPORT.
Gentlemen,
It will doubtless afford you pleasure and satisfaction
to learn by the Report which I have now the honor to
present to you, that, notwithstanding the mortality of London,
and of England generally, was universally great during
the past year, yet, that the number of deaths in Mile End
Old Town was less than in 1857, the year preceding; and
when the numbers are corrected according to a supposed
rate of increase of population, it is very evident that we
have enjoyed during the period a remarkable immunity from
sickness of a mortal character. The rate of mortality in
Mile End has been heretofore greater than that of the whole
metropolis; last year it was less.
It would be assuming too much to attribute this reduction
of disease and death to sanitary improvements solely; nor,
on the other hand, would it be fair to deny them a considerable
share of credit.
About November last the mortality of London was very
high. Measles, Scarlatina, and Whooping Cough, together
with diseases of the respiratory organs produced by sudden
and intense cold, combined to cause the number of deaths