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Butcher in 39, 1 Carman, Carrier or Drayman in 56, 1 Carpenter
in 38, 1 Cheesemonger in 57, 1 Commercial Clerk in
25, 1 Commercial Traveller in 45, 1 Cowkeeper in 124, 1
Druggist in 37, 1 Engraver in 7.5, 1 Fishmonger in 129,
1 Gentleman in 6, 1 Grocer in 88, 1 Hawker in 32, 1 House
Proprietor in 13, 1 Labourer in 23, 1 Licensed Victualler
or Beer Shopkeeper in 30, 1 Messenger or Porter in 26,
1 Painter, Plumber, or Glazier in 52, 1 Printer in 24, 1
Shoemaker in 82, 1 Surgeon in 41, 1 Tailor in 58, and 1
Weaver in every 68.
With regard to places where, for size, the mortality preponderated
in 1860, Austin, John, and Scott Streets, Weatherhead
Gardens, Myring and Elizabeth Places, and
Prospect Terrace figured highest in their death-returns;
while, on the contrary, Sherwood and Accidental Places,
Lenham and Turville Buildings, Sweet Apple Square, Ely
and Providence Places, with Digby Street and Walk, rose
considerably in the scale of health.
Having laid before you our Vital Statistics for 1860, I now
proceed to the New Cases of Illness in the Guardian Asylum,
Queen Adelaide's Dispensary, the City of London Hospital,
and the Pauper Medical Practice. In the first Institution
the cases were only 39, of which 12 depended on Diarrhoea,
5 on Rheumatic Fever, 12 on Bronchitis or Catarrh, and 10
on Diseases of other forms—there was no death within the
walls. At Queen Adelaide's Dispensary the Epidemics
numbered 74, namely, Small Pox 5, Measles 10, Scarlatina
and Diptheria 14, Whooping Cough 4, Diarrhoea 27, and
Continued Fever 14. Ague attacked two of the patients
treated there, Carbuncle 2, Erysipelas 4, and Rheumatic
Fever 6. 164 were affected with Bronchitis, 2 with Pleurisy,
and 16 with Inflammation of the Lungs. All the other
Diseases superadded raised the total to 1969; on which 57