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It is clear that of late the eastern half of our parish has been growing in
population more rapidly than the western half. Yet the deaths registered in the
former have been less numerous than in the latter.
The excess of births oyer deaths has been 3261; rather less than last year; a
result which corresponds with the slightly increased death-rate. Probably about
6766 persons have been added to our population, during the year, by the difference
between immigration and emigration.
Of the 4210 deaths registered, 2118 were of males and 2092 of females.
The number of new cases of sickness recorded during the 53 weeks in the
pauper practice of the parish, at the Dispensaries and the Pentonville Convict Prison,
was 41,077. Reducing this number by 1/53, we have 40,302 for comparison with
former years. In 1867 the number was 34,692.
CAUSES OF SICKNESS AND DEATH.
Table I. exhibits the several causes of the deaths registered in the parish
during the year, and Table II. the nature of the more important cases of sickness
which have been recorded in the books to which I have access. The diseases which
have prevailed most extensively have been measles, scarlet fever, hooping-cough,
diarrheal affections, erysipelas, and inflammatory affections of the throat.
Diseases of the Organs of Respiration occasioned 737 deaths, just about half of
which, namely 365, were of children under five years of age, and 296 of adults, aged
forty years and upwards. This total was exceeded in 1867 and 1864. The number
of cases recorded in the public practice of the parish was 7267. In 1867 it was 6552.
Compared with the eleven previous years, these diseases prevailed most during the
spring, summer, and autumn quarters, especially in the last of them.