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Minerals;" 4.2 as "Labourers and others, branch undefined;"
8.4 were "Persons of Property;" and 54 per cent.
were "supported by the Community," and comprised "others
of no stated occupation." Of Adult Weavers—combining
also the female sex—the mortality was 153 and the mean age
60 years; 10 were cut off by epidemics, and 24 by consumption;
38 lived beyond 70, 16 above 80, 2 over 90, and 1, a
Pauper, to 101 years. 1 died suddenly, another "from Rupture
of Aorta," 4 were "Found dead in bed," 2 hanged
themselves, and 1 "died of excessive drinking."
Lastly, I have to point out to you certain portions of Bethnal
Green which stood forth pre-eminently for the high mortality
that they sustained. Thus, the deaths in Cheshire
Street reached 14, in Digby Street and Walk 13, in Lisbon
Street 10, in Turk Street 10, in Turville Street to 9, and in
Martha Street to 8. In other places the mortality mounted
up in Jubilee Place to 4, in Thorold Square to 4, in Sherwood
Place to 5, in Hammond's Gardens to 7, in Princes
Court to 8, and in Elizabeth Place to 10 per cent. Fortunately—contrasted
with 1857—the fatality was less in John's
Court, Prospect Terrace, in Ely, Helen and Miring Places,
in Butler's Buildings and Sweet Apple Square.
We learn from the Retrospect of 1858:—
1. That the mortality, both total and epidemic, rose.
2. That Fever and Consumption were proportionally of
less amount.
3. That the infant mortality was in each 1000 somewhat
less.
4. That the mean age or value of life was 1 year more.
5. That, compared with London, the children are in excess,
and the adults fewer in Bethnal Green.
Table 11 portrays the Poor Law Medical Practice, or
the Pauper Health of 1858. It summarises 7344 new cases
of disease, against 6772 in 1857. Amongst these, 539 deaths