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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT,
For the Year ending 30th December, 1865.
Gentlemen,
The deaths in the Whitechapel District during the quarter
ending on Saturday, the 30th December, including those in the London Hospital
C107), have been 620, of which 344 are of males and 276 of females. The
births have been 645; of these 334 are boys and 311 girls. In the corresponding
quarter of the previous year the births were 656, and the deaths 654.
The births therefore are less by 11, and the deaths are less by 34. Of the
deaths in the London Hospital, there have been 60 of non-residents, 9 of
persons belonging to this district, and 38 of persons who died from the result
of accident and from sudden death.
Epidemic diseases have been fatal to 124; of these deaths 43 were caused
by fever, 23 by diarrhoea, 21 by scarlet fever, 19 by hooping-cough, 15 by
small-pox, 2 by measles, and 1 by diphtheria. These numbers contrast very
unfavorably with those for the corresponding quarter of last year, when the
total deaths from epidemic diseases were only 93. Two deaths from fever
occurred in the London Hospital, one of which is thus registered—"Typhus
followed by typhoid fever."
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of consumption,
are 113 ; of these 47 were caused by pneumonia, 52 by bronchitis,
and 14 by other diseases of the lungs. The tubercular class of diseases was
fatal to 112, of which 61 were caused by consumption. The deaths registered as
occasioned by violence are 33 ; of these no less than 7 were caused by vehicles
in the public streets; 6 children died from the effects of burns and scalds; 2
infants were suffocated in bed; 6 persons committed suicide. There was 1 case
of manslaughter; 1 person was killed by the shock from an explosion, and 1
from injury to the eye from the cork of a bottle of lemonade. A boy aged 12
years killed himself by drinking a large quantity of " raw spirit."
The deaths of children under 5 years are 236, which is 38 per cent, of
the total mortality. The deaths of persons above 80 years of age are 15 ; one
of whom, a female residing in Frying-pan Alley, had attained the advanced
age of 101 years ; and 7 died in the Workhouse, whose ages were from 84 to 88
years; and a man died in the London Hospital at the age of 91 years. Four
deaths were uncertified.
The number of inqueets have been 76. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 83.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 106, against 91 in the corresponding
quarter of the previous year. Of the total deaths 15 were caused by fever
and 4 by diarrhoea.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended 3,703 new cases of illness,
including 48 of small-pox, 247 of diarrhoea, and 241 of fever. In the corresponding
quarter of the previous year the total cases were 3,911, including 6 of
small-pox, 119 of diarrhoea, and 89 of fever. From these returns it appears,
that although there have been fewer cases of illness, yet the number of cases
of small-pox, diarrhoea, and fever have increased respectively from 6 to 48, 119