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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Our Table of Mortality for this quarter is a very heavy
one. No fewer than 607 deaths were registered, including
those of 70 strangers in St. George's Hospital, and 6 inmates
of the Little Chelsea Workhouse. But although it
was the winter quarter, and a cold one, it does not appear
that the excess of mortality arose from the disorders which
are commonly attributed to cold,—for instance, those of the
lungs; but rather to an intensity of every possible cause of
death. Thus in the first quarter of the year—
Tot*l dea'hs.
Deaths under 5.
)ver 60.
From zymotic
disease.
From lung disease
and phthisis.
Deaths at home
in H an over and
May fair.
In Belgrave.
1857 436 161 115 74 151 1S7 206
1858 528 224 106 110 195 163 251
1859 457 203 100 85 140 116 235
1860 547 245 118 80 199 140 288
1861 540 213 146 74 201 133 273
1862 609 288 123 116 183 129 358
1863 553 256 110 136 140 140 298
1864 604 207 178 75 214 169 300
1865 607 234 154 97 189 187 297
Last year, during this quarter, the diminished mortality
of the young, and the less fatality of zymotic disease, were
remarkable; this quarter, every cause of death seems evenly