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Although the deaths from epidemic diseases (93) form a large proportion,
viz 113 per cent, or oneseventh of the total deaths, yet this class of diseases
has not been so fatal during this quarter as it was in the corresponding quarter
of the previous year, when the deaths from epidemic diseases were 128 The
deaths from fever have diminished from 52 to 31 This is certainly satisfactory
; but notwithstanding the regular and systematic visitation by the Inspectors
of all the places in the district, fever has been found to occur and attack
severely the inhabitants of certain localities Thus, at No 8, Court Street,
there were 8 cases of fever within two months The Medical Officer of the
Union states that the disease spread from one to another, and, notwithstanding
his urgent entreaties, the persons first attacked refused to be removed Again,
at No 82, Wentworth Street, 9 cases of fever occurred in the course of about
5 weeks Also, at 9, George Yard, there were 10 cases within a month All
these places were duly visited, and orders served upon the landlords to lime
white the several rooms At No 82, Wentworth Street, it was found that the
basement (in which 2 cases of fever occurred) was not fit for human habitation
An order to close this room was served upon the landlord, and it is now
unoccupied
The mortality under 5 years of age has been 251 This is 383 per cent,
of the total deaths In the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the
mortality of children under 5 years was, in relation to the total deaths, 424
per cent In the Spitalfields SubDistrict, however, the mortality of children
is 556 per cent During the preceding quarter it was 72l per cent
The deaths of persons above 80 years of age have been 15, of which 1 had
arrived at the advanced age of 95 There has been a large mortality, viz 224
(which is above onethird of the total deaths), among persons in the prime of
life,—that is, between the ages of 20 and 60
The number of inquests held on the bodies of those who died suddenly, or
whose death was occasioned by violence, lias been 83 Of these sudden and
violent deaths, 10 were occasioncd by the abuse of ardent spirits,—a number
larger than has in any previous quarter been recorded
The deaths uncertified by a member of the medical profession are less in
number than heretofore; they amount to 4 One of these deaths is recorded in
the following terms:—" Atalectasis, female, ten hours"
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 91, including 11 from fever, 1
from smallpox, 1 from measles, and 2 from diarrhoea
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended 3,911 new cases of illness,
including 6 of smallpox, 90 of measles, 56 of scarlet fever, 58 of hooping
cough, 119 of diarrhoea, and 89 of fever In addition to these, 3 or 4
cases of leadpoisoning are recorded In the corresponding quarter of last
year, the total number of cases was 3,803, including 161 of fever and 13 of
smallpox
The cases of illness in the Workhouse have been 804 Of these Mr
Champneys attended 426, and Mr Richardson 378 Included in the total