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REPORT
For the Quarter ending 1 si July, 1865.
Gentlemen,
During the quarter ending on Saturday, July 1st, there have
been registered in the Whitechapel District 645 births, of which 331 were of
males and 314 of females. The deaths during the same period have been 592;
of these 331 were of males and 261 of females. In the corresponding quarter
of the previous year the births were 729 and the deaths 631. The deaths in
the London Hospital have been 99; of these 44 were of non.residents, 10 of
persons who had resided in this district, and 45 of persons who died from the
result of accident and from sudden death: the residences of these are not
given in the returns of the local Registrar.
The deaths from epidemic diseases have been 99, viz. 1 from small.pox,
12 from scarlet fever, 1 from diphtheria, 23 from hooping.cough, 26 from
diarrhoea, and 36 from fever. The following are the localities where the deaths
from fever occurred:—Pelham Street, Brick Lane, Luntley Place, Spital Street,
King Edward Street, Little Halifax Street, Queen Street (Aldgate), Crown
Court (Blue Anchor Yard), Wellclose Square, Lambeth Street, Royal Mint
Street, Sandy.s Row, Chapel Street, Little North Street, Swan Court (Middlesex
Street), Wentworth Street, Wood.s Yard, Emery.s Court, and Charlotte Court.
In the corresponding quarter of last year, the deaths from epidemic
diseases were 132; of these 40 were from measles, 3 from scarlet fever, 2 from
diphtheria, 26 from hooping.cough, 18 from diarrhoea, and 43 from fever.
On comparing the mortality from epidemic diseases in the corresponding quarters
of 1864 and 1865, it will be observed that in the former period 40 deaths
occurred from measles, whereas not one death from this disease is recorded in
the latter; while, on the other hand, the mortality from scarlet fever has increased
from 3 to 12. The deaths from fever have decreased from 43 to 36.
In the week ending June 17th there were 7 deaths from fever in the district,
and in the following week 12 deaths occurred from diarrhoea.
In the corresponding quarter of each year from 1859 to 1865, the deaths
from epidemic diseases were respectively 68, 64, 74, 172, 165, 132, and 99,
and the total deaths respectively were 418, 523, 526, 610, 639, and 631. The
reasons why epidemic diseases prevail more or less extensively at certain
periods are not known; but when they do occur, it is found that the weak, the
half.starved, the badly.housed, the over.worked, and the mentally.depressed
are the most numerous sufferers.