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took leave to direct your attention in my August Report.
Among the more remarkable deaths, 2 were referred to
Traumatic Tetanus, 1 to Pneumonia followed by Delirium
Tremens, 1 to Rupture of the Abdominal Aorta, 2 to Intussusception,
1 to Cancer of the Stomach, 1 to Rupture of the
Uterus during parturition, and 1 to Elephantiasis, or "Arabian
Leprosy of the lower extremity." Inquests were held on
115 persons (67 males and 48 females,) on whom the Verdicts
returned were—" Found dead " 56, viz. : in bed, in rooms,
and by mother's side, 38 ; in the Canals, 13 ; in the Park and
Streets, 3; and in Water-closets, 2; " Natural Death" and
"By the Visitation of God," 21; " Sudden," 6; By "Burns,"
6; by " Falls, 5; " Run over by a Railway Engine," 1—" by
a Cart," 1; " Accidently suffocated by a fall of earth " in a
sewer, 1; by other Violence, 5; by "Poison," 1; "Hanging,"
4; " Excessive Drinking," 3 ; " Eating unwholesome Cucumbers
" and Food not nutritious," 2; "Natural Death
from overcrowding, causing Choleraic Diarrhœa," 2 ; "Natural
Death from Fever and insufficient drainage," 1. Of
the above numbers, 9 were suicides and 9 unknown—5 of the
latter being Infants "Newly Born." The total returns "Not
Specified" were 49; and 50 were either "Not Certified,"
or had "No Medical Attendant." In our Public Institutions
there died 255 individuals, or 1 in every 9 of the deaths,
namely : 201 in the "Workhouse, 19 in the Consumption
Hospital, and 35 in Bethnal House Asylum. Measured by
population, our proportion of such deaths would be 387, or
132 beyond the numbers given above. With respect to the
ages at which the 2291 deaths occurred, our records show
that 27'2 per cent. perished under 1, and 55T under 5, years
of age.* In all England the percentage at the former age is
20, at the latter, 40 ; and in 61 Rural Districts, only 27 5.
* It does not, however, follow because 55 out of 100 deaths happened under the
nge of 5, that the same proportion holds on every 100 born ; for it is shown in the
Registrar-General's 2nd Report, that although 38 out of every 100 deaths were
under 5 years of age, " the deaths under 5 were only 26 per cent. of the registered
births."