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Noma, on a post mortem examination, “ a clot of blood was found in the
heart.” In the corresponding quarter of last year, the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 233, and the entire class of zymotic diseases 258.
Diseases of the tubercular class were fatal to 124, of these, 66 died
from consumption. Diseases of the respiratory organs were fatal to 73.
Two persons died of cancer of the stomach, one from cancer of the oesophagus,
and another from cancer of the tongue. Two children were suffocated in
bed. In one of these instances, the mother was drunk. A man, aged 41
years, residing in Osborn Street, was " accidentally drowned by falling
into a cistern." Two persons, one the wife of a gentleman, and the other,
the widow of a musician, both residing at 21, Albert Cottages, died from
" poisoning—how, not proven." Although a post mortem examination was
made in each of these cases, no further information respecting them,
than that above given, is recorded. Four persons died from accidents
which occurred whilst the parties were under the influence of
intoxicating liquors. A death occurred in the London Hospital from
abdominal obstruction caused by a band of organized lymph encircling the
intestine.
Tha mortality under 5 years of age is 350. This is 47.2 per cent, of
the total deaths, but in some of the sub-districts, the proportion of the
deaths of children under 5 years is much larger—thus, in the Aldgate
sub-district, the proportion is 54.0 per cent.; in the Whitechapel, North,
it is 64.2 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, it is 64.1 per cent. ; and in
the Spitalfields sub-district, it is 72.7 per cent. Measles, Convulsions, and
Diarrhoea, were very fatal in the Spitalfields sub-district during the last
quarter.
The number of Inquests held in the district have been 94; of these>
60 were held in the London Hospital. Two newly-born children were
found dead, upon whose bodies inquests were held. The verdict in one
of these investigations was " wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown," and in the other, it wan " Found dead, but whether the child
was born alive, or if so, how death was occasioned, the body was too much
decomposed to prove." Four persons destroyed themselves, one by wounds
in the throat, one by wounds from a gun, one by taking poison, and one
by hanging.
The uncertified deaths were 11; of these, 9 were said to have been
caused by convulsions, one from disease of the heart, and the other from
inflammation of the lungs.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 90. Of these deaths, 2 were
caused by Diarrhoea, and 19 by Fever. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the deaths were 70. The Medical Officers of the Union attended
4,090 new cases of illness, including 1 of Small-pox, 199 of Measles, 59 of
Scarlet-fever, 28 of Hooping-cough, 599 of Diarrhoea, and 83 of Fever.
The number of cases of illness in the Workhouse has been 751. Of
these, Mr. Champneys attended 384, and Mr. Eichardson 367. Included