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Gentry, 1 in every 4 of the Tradesmen, and 1 in every 3.7
of the Artisans. And of the mortality of the four Sub-Districts,
they formed 28.71 per cent. in the Hackney Road;
28.62 in the Church; 28T6 in the Town; and 19.92 per
cent. in the Green. Their numbers severally are contrasted
in Table 5, and their epidemic percentages in London, the
East Districts, and Bethnal Green, in Table 6.
The 2nd group of the Causes of Death, comprising Hœmorrhage,
Dropsy, Mortification, Cancer, &c., cut off 66 persons;
20 of whom were between 20 and 60 years of age.
Of Tubercular Diseases, "Consumption, the enemy of
mature life, carried off" 1 of every 7 of the Gentry, 1 of 9
of the Tradesmen, and 1 of 10 of the Artisans. Among all
classes from 15 to 40 years it destroyed 127. Its death percentage
was 14.43 in the Green, 8.62 in the Town, 8.51 in
the Hackney Road, and 7.9 in the Church. Where not
derived hereditarily—in-door occupations, close heated rooms
and deprivation of pure air are the most potent causes of this
"mammoth disease."
"Inflammations and other local affections of the 8 great
systems of organs of which the human body is made up,
were fatal to" 934 persons. In the Brain class, convulsions,
chiefly of infants, were the most destructive by far; while
Apoplexy caused 33 deaths, Paralysis 59, and Epilepsy 13.
46 persons succumbed to diseases of the heart and large vessels,
and 461 to affections of the lungs and organs of respiration.
By diseases of the Digestive organs there fell 141, of
which, affections of the Liver cut off 13, those of the Stomach
6, and those of the Intestinal Canal 14. To the other 4
groups, including diseases of the Kidneys, of Childbirth,
and of the Joints and Skin, 33 deaths are referred.
By the several diseases in the classes 12, 13, 14 and 15,
comprehending those of "growth, nutrition and decay,"
there died 215—namely, by Malformations 3, by Premature