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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Banober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I. During the thirteen weeks ending June 30, 450 deaths
occurred in the Parish, including those of 5 inmates at Little
Chelsea, and of 70 non-parishioners at St. George's Hospital,
so that the actual mortality is 375.
The weekly average 34.6 exceeds that of the preceding
ten years by 3.4, which is partly attributable to an increase
in diseases of the air tubes and lungs, in consequence of the
inclement state of the weather. We find, for example, that
whooping cough killed 19, against 9 in the previous Midsummer
quarter; and that diseases of the respiratory organs
destroyed 75 persons, besides59 from consumption; whereas,
in the corresponding period of last year, respiratory diseases
numbered 64, and consumption 55, or 15 less than those now
recorded as having died from the same complaints.
Among the deaths in the Table, we notice 3 from smallpox,
which took place in the Workhouse, Mount Street, two
being deaths of patients admitted in the previous quarter,
and noticed in the last Report.
Nine deaths occurred from scarlet fever, respectively at
3, Hereford Street, Park Lane; 2 and 3, Robert Street,