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workhouse in Mount Street, and supposing the population
quite stationary, (which it is not,) the deaths amount to
only 16.6 per 1,000 per annum.
We thus see that Belgravia, as a whole, has a death rate
equal to that of the poorer parts of the Hanover and May
Fair Districts, as a whole. This we explain, not so much
by the lower level, the contiguity of the Thames, and the
daily obstruction of the sewers for three hours at high water,
as by the existence of numerous poor streets, swarming with
children, in which the mortality is equal to that of the very
worst parts of the Hanover and May Fair districts: such as
Robert Street, Grosvenor Square, where the mortality is
30 per 1,000.
As we proceed in getting rid of causes of disease, the
mortality will decrease in Belgravia, as it has in the older
parts already.
Causes of Death. There have been 845 deaths from
zymotic disease this year, against 343 last year; 54 from
scarlatina, 47 from diphtherite, and 8 from quinsy, altogether
109, from these throat diseases, against 75 last year;
57 from fevers, against 59 last year; 48 from diarrhoea,
dysentery, and cholera, against 76 last year; and 395 from
diseases of degeneration, including teething, convulsions,
consumption, and the scrofulous class, against 346 last year.
Vaccinations. There were 4 deaths from small-pox,
none last year ; and 1,025 children vaccinated by Mr. Jay
and Mr. Jorden, the district vaccinators, against 782 last
year. Be it remembered, that the Vaccination Act is a
dead letter, so far as regards the registration of every
vaccinated child. Our greatest trouble in this matter is the
immigration of persons, who bring unvaccinated children,
and the small-pox with them.