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heads of Measles and Small-pox; the deaths from the former being 71,
and from the latter 12. There have been 12 deaths from Fever in the
Fever Hospital, of persons who had been removed from this district to that
Institution, and 3 deaths from Small-pox in the Small-pox Hospital. The
total deaths, therefore, from Epidemic diseases, have been 180, which is
26.4 per cent. of the total mortality in the district; and excluding from
this calculation the deaths in the London Hospital, the proportion is as
high as 30.8 per cent.
Erom the returns of the Registrar General, it appears that the rain-fall
during this quarter has been 8.00 inches. During the corresponding quarter
of the previous year, the rain-fall was 7.24 inches.
The undermentioned localities are those in which deaths from Fever
have occurred, viz:—Pelham Street, Chicksand Street, North Place, Hunt
Street, Samuel Court, Spital Street, Brick lane, Charlotte Street, Swan
Yard, Fisher's Alley, Frying-pan Alley, Sandy's Row, Wilke Street, Wood
Street, Osborn Street, Old Montague Street, Prince's Street, Royal Mint
Street, and Queen Street.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, are 122. The tubercular class of diseases was fatal to 118,
of which, 89 were caused by Phthisis or Consumption. The number of
deaths caused by violence has been 28, of these, 5 were caused by vehicles
in the public streets. There are recorded 5 deaths from drowning, of
which, 4 appear to have been accidental, and the other was that of a young
woman aged 16, who was found dead in a water-butt. There have been
4 cases of suicide and 1 of manslaughter. A child, three months old, was
suffocated in bed. The death of a child, 9 years of age, is ascribed to the
breaking of a crochet needle in the knee, and a boy, 14 years old, died
from swallowing a scarlet-bean.
The number of inquests has been 73. In the corresponding quarter
of last year, the number was 78. A bricklayer's labourer is said to have
died from injuries to the head, but, in this case, an inquest was not
held.
The uncertified deaths have been 10. They relate principally to
infants, who are said to have died of convulsions. Inquests should be
held in these cases, or some other official inquiry instituted into the cause
of death.