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anition," "atrophy," "defective ventilation," and other terms
which really mean "starvation," with or without the additional
torment of disease of skin, lungs, or bowels. Here is a
field for the philanthropist!—for a "society for preventing
cruelty" to children. Twins, 6 weeks old, died in one day
in Westbourne-street; such a case involves peculiar difficulty.
Four deaths, out of 54, appear under the ominous head,
cholera. One of them was that of a man, set. 37, a servant
out of place, who died at 2, Mount-row, on July 13th, but
the medical gentleman who attended him expressed doubts
whether it might not be rather ulceration of the bowels.
One was of a child, set. 2, at 10, Robert-street; 1 a woman
of 60, at 6, Hart's-buildings; and 1 of 76, in the Mountstreet
Workhouse.
There was 1 death from small-pox, 3 from measles, and
4 from whooping-cough; but scarlet fever, with the kindred
diphtheria, sore throat, and croup, destroyed no less than 38
persons, of whom 27 lived in the Belgrave Sub-District,
and 5 were non-parishioners in the Hospital. Thirty-three
were under 20 years of age. Two children died in one house,
in Lupus-street; 2 in one house in Chichester-street; 3 in
Pulford-street, 2 in one house; other cases occurred in St.
George's-road, Tachbrook-street, Hindon-street, "Winchesterstreet,
Cornwall-street, Brewer-street, Worcester-street, Westmoreland-street,
Minera-street, Wilton-road, and Bedfordplace
; George-street, Hanover-square, and Albemarle-street.
The fatal cases of diphtheria occurred in Grosvenorstreet,
Carrington-street, Eccleston-place, Upper Belgraveplace,
Ranelagh-grove, Allington-street, Commercial-road,
and Grosvenor-terrace; in which last place the victim was
an M.D., aged 29, who suffered tracheotomy in the vain hope
of saving his life.
The various forms of fever were also unusually fatal, and
caused 21 deaths, of which three-fourths (15) were of