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TO THE
Destry of St. Gorge,Hanober Square.
I. MORTALITY.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The mortality during the quarter ended March 30,
1861, has been high; nearly as high as during the corresponding
quarter of last year. Five hundred and forty
deaths have taken place in the 13 weeks, if we include 13
in the Little Chelsea Workhouse and 73 of non-parishioners
in St. George's Hospital. Deaths from zymotic diseases
have been 74; amongst which we notice 10 from measles;
28 from various forms of scarlatina and sore throat; and
16 from whooping cough : diarrhœa, as usual in cold
weather, gives only two deaths. Lung diseases have
destroyed 132 persons, besides 69 who died from consumption
: these are numbers which point to a low thermometer.
Generally speaking, all causes of death seem to
have acquired unusual intensity from the cold; and infants,
weakly persons, and the aged, fell victims in great numbers
: and it will be seen by comparing the table of this
quarter with that of the same quarter last year, that the
high death rate in the former is more due to miscellaneous
causes and deaths of the aged, than to lung disease
specially.