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2. A Spitalfields tailor, aged 30, died in Bethnal
Green Road from Phthisis.
3. A Boy, aged six, the son of a Poplar carman,
found drowned in the Regent's Canal.
4. The infant child of a domestic servant of
Kentish Town, died from Diarrhoea at Hamilton Road.
5. The keeper of the Lock on Regent's Canal,
Old Ford Bridge, died at his post from heart disease;
he was 61 years of age and had during life resided in
Stepney.
The monthly returns of transferable deaths,
forwarded by the Somerset House authorities, contain
particulars of 391 deaths, and, in addition to those
occurring in Public Institutions, they include the
names of seven inhabitants of Bethnal Green, who
died whilst temporarily absent from home. They
were:—
1. A cabdriver, of Ravenscroft Buildings, aged 59,
found drowned in the River Thames, near Custom House
Quay.
2. A French polisher, aged 54, drowned in the
River Lea, in Hackney.
3. The infant daughter of a bootmaker, of Quinn's
Square, died at Beckerton Road, Islington, from
Marasmus.
4. A bricklayer's labourer, of Arline Street, aged 40,
slipped from a staging in Goswell Road and fractured
his spine
5. A cellarman, aged 33, of Robinson Road, found
drowned in the Regent's Canal.