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REPORT
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 28th DECEMBER, 1867
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District
Gentlemen,
The deaths in the Whitechapel District during the
Quarter ending on Saturday, December 28th, 1867, have been 599, viz ,
341 males and 258 females In the corresponding Quarter of the previous
year, the deaths were 657 The births have been 643, viz , 342 males and
301 females The births in the corresponding Quarter of last year were
611 There has been, therefore, a diminution in the number of deaths
during this Quarter by 58, and an increase in the number of births
by 32
The total deaths in the London Hospital have been 126; of these,
41 were the result of accident and of sudden death; 64 were of non-residents,
and 21 of persons who, previous to their removal to the hospital,
had resided within the district One death from fever, of a non-resident,
occurred in this institution The previous residences of persons dying
from accidents are not recorded in the Returns made to the Registrar
General
The deaths from epidemic diseases have been 84, viz, 5 from smallpox,
14 from measles, 5 from scarlet-fever, 1 from diphtheria, 14 from
hooping cough, 10 from diarrhoea, and 35 from fever
In the corresponding Quarter of last year, the deaths from epidemic
diseases were 172; of these, 95 were caused by cholera The deaths from
fever have increased from 19 to 35, and measles from 6 to 14
Diseases of the tubercular class have been fatal to 102 persons, of whom
67 died of consumption, 37 of tabes mesenterica, and 8 of hydrocephalus
The violent deaths, including those from accidents, negligence, and
from suicide, have been 41; of these, 6 were of children who were suffocated
in bed, 8 of persons who were scalded or burnt, and 5 of persons
who committed suicide The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs
were 20; of these, 12 were oaused by nephria, or Bright's disease The
diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of consumption, were fatal
to 121