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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OE SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOR FEBRUARY, 1859.
No. XXIII.
One hundred and ninety-two individuals were registered as having died in
Islington during the four weeks of February. This number almost exactly
represents the mean mortality of the corresponding weeks of 1857 and 1858,
and is satisfactory, inasmuch as when our increasing population is considered,
the death-rate for the month must be regarded as having been lower than
during those years. The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs fell
from 51 in January, to 29, which is much below the mean of the last two
years. The mortality from scarlatina and hooping-cough has undergone but
little variation. There have been five deaths registered from diphtheria.
Among the deaths returned by the district registrars, was that of a fine boy,
aged 13 years, a pupil at a public school, who, after preparing his lessons
for the next day, went to bed apparently well, but was found dead in the
morning. He had died of (submeningeal) apoplexy. When will parents
and schoolmasters take warning? The amount of mental work demanded
of youths in our great schools often exceeds what would tax severely the
powers of the adult brain.
A " broker's-man," aged about 70, died of " starvation," on February 2nd,
at No, 2, Adelaide-square. The house, consisting of four small rooms, was
found to contain 28 persons. In one of the rooms, having a capacity of 1426
cubic feet, there were 13 persons residing. I have certified, under the
Nuisances Removal Act, for proceedings against the owner of the house for
" overcrowding."