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females), 27, 31, 31 and 24 in the four quarters respectively: 51
in the winter, and 62 in the summer quarters. Five of the deceased
were parishioners ; of the remainder 57 were Londoners, 29
came from suburban counties, and 22 from more distant parts of
the country. As usual, phthisis (consumption) was the cause of
nearly all the deaths—103 of them being ascribed to this constitutional
malady, with some secondary diseases in a few instances.
Heart disease was returned in three cases; "lung disease" in five;
"brain disease" in one, and " tumor " in one. Thirteen of the patients
died at ages below 20 ; 44 between 20 and 30 ; 36 between 30 and
40; 14 between 40 and 50 ; and 6 between 50 and 60 years of
age.
The Parish Infirmary and Workhouse.—The deaths in these
institutions, which are under the medical charge of Dr. Whitmore,
to whose courtesy I am indebted for the subjoined particulars, were
227 in number, viz.; 117 males, and 110 females. The quarterly
numbers of deaths were 69, 67, 48, and 43—136 of the deaths, therefore,
took place in the first half of the year, when, in all parts of the
parish, the mortality was so much higher than in the second half
in which the deaths at the Infirmary were only 91. The deaths
under one year of age, were 22, viz.: Atrophy or marasmus (15),
whooping-cough (2), bronchitis, (2), congenital syphilis (1), premature
birth (1), want of breast milk (1). The deaths between 1
and 60 years of age were 109, viz. : Measles, (2), chicken-pox (1),
whooping cough (2), erysipelas (2), diarrhoea (3), privation (1),
abscess (2), dropsy (1), cancer (]), ulcerative stomatitis (1), caries
of spine(2), scrofula (1), enlarged glands (1), phthisis (43).apoplexy
(1), epilepsy (1), convulsions (3), brain disease (11), heart disease (2),
oedema of larynx (1),bronchitis (7), pneumonia(5), ascites, (1), stricture
of rectum, (1), fistula in ano (1), cirrhosis of liver (l), jaundice
(1), uraemia (1), kidney disease (2), joint disease (1), ulcer (1), detached
placenta (1), phlegmasia dolens (1), puerperal convulsions
(1), atrophy (2). The deaths at 60 and upwards were. 96, viz. :
from 60 to 70, 44; from 70 to 80, 34; from 80 to 90, 16 One
female at 90, and another at 98, died from " old age." The other
registered causes of death were, erysipelas (2), diarrhoea. (7),
purpura (2), dropsy (2), cancer (6), senile gangrene (1), caries of
spine (1), phthisis (1), apoplexy (2), paralysis (1), insanity (1),
brain disease (22), heart disease (5), bronchitis (26), vomiting
(1), tonsillitis (1), ascites (4), liver disease (1), joint disease, (1),
ulcer (1), old age (8). Two inquests were held : (1) female, 40,
verdict, "apoplexy" (cerebal hoemorrhage), no post mortem (2),
Male, 61, verdict, " Sudden death, heart disease," post mortem.
St. Joseph's House.—The deaths in this institution were 36 in
number, 22 males and 14 females. Only one of these deaths took
place below the age of 60 years. The causes of death were the