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6772, i. e. in the Workhouse, 1354; in District No. 1, 746; in
No 2, 1044; in No. 3, 1137; in No. 4, 1412; and in No. 5,
1079. Amongst these there occurrcd 448 deaths, or rather
more than 1 in 15 cases. In the latter half of the year there was
an excess of 1004 cases over the corresponding 6 months of
1856. In the Workhouse the Epidemics constituted 14'4
per cent. of the total attacks, and in the Oat-door Divisions
30'7. Small Pox prevailed most in Districts 5 and 3—Measles
in 4 and 5—Scarlatina in 3 and 4—Hooping Cough in
4 and 5—Diarrhœa in 3 and 4 : and Fever most in the Workhouse,
next in District 2, then in District 5, and least in No. 4.
The total number of Fever cases under treatment in the year
was 594; whilst 20 years since, they amounted to 2084.*
Of 488 Acute Pulmonary Affections, 171 occurred in District
4 ; 119 in No. 5 ; 83 in No. 1; 79 in No. 2 ; and 36 in No. 3.
Rheumatic Fever was most prevalent in No. 3, and Ague in
No. 5. Several cases of Diarrhoea assumed a choleraic type,
and passed into severe collapse. The numerical proportions
of the several classes of disease constitute Table 9. The following
were some of the chief epidemic sites, and the numbers
of the attacks therein :—Hare Street, 45 ; Temple Street, 31;
Thorold Square, 29; Princes Courts, 29; Collingwood Street
West, 28; Hope Street, 24; Wolverly Street, Hackney Road,
22 ; Thomas Street, Brick Lane, 19 ; Cambridge Street, 18 ;
Old Castle Street, 15; New Castle Street, 14; Wolverly
Street, Bethnal Green Road, 12; New Nichol Street, 12;
Old Nichol Street, 10; Half Nichol Street, 9; and New
York Street, 8. By way of contrast, I may just remark that
Temple and Hope Streets run parallel, and are of equal
length ; that Old, New, and Half Nichol Streets, with Wolverly
and New York Streets, likewise correspond; and that
Cambridge Street, wedged in between the latter two—though
of less extent, and with houses only on one side—is narrow,
confined, and at its southern end a cul de sac. As to the 22
* Fever was then the reigning epidemic.