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REPORT
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING,
The 29th MARCH, 1862.
Gentlemen,
In the thirteen weeks that ended on Saturday, 29th March, there
are registered in the Whitechapel District 640 deaths, including 98 in the London Hospital, of
which number, 51 are of non-residents, and 38 the result of accident. Of the total number of
deaths, there are 331 males and 309 females. The births during the same period are
733, viz., 376 males and 357 females. On comparing the registered numbers of births
and deaths with those in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, it appears
that the number of births is greater by 21, and that of deaths less by 60. The mean temperature
of the air during the quarter was 40.6°, and in the corresponding months of 1861, it was
39.7° or nearly one degree less. The difference of the average temperature of the two seasons
will probably account for the smaller number of deaths occurring in the present quarter.
The mortality of children under 5 years of age is 240, of which number 124 died before they
had completed the first year of their existence. The deaths of persons above 80 years of age
are 18, of these, one had reached 92 years, one 94, and another 98. The rate of mortality
per cent. of children under 5 years is 38.9, which is a diminution of about 8 per cent. upon
that of the corresponding quarter of last year; but this is more than counterbalanced by the
mortality of persons between the ages of 5 and 60, being 38.9 per cent. against 34.2 percent. of
the preceding year. This increase may perhaps be accounted for by the greater prevalence of