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Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 185
Number of Special Notices served for registration of houses 103
Courts imperfectly paved but not in so bad a condition as to
require notices to be served The names of these 43 courts
are given in the note at the foot of the page* 43 courts
Instances where corpses were kept for lengthened periods 2
In addition to the above return, the Inspectors have forwarded to the
police authorities several notices of dangerous structures, and they have also
informed them of the various rooms, in the course of the special visitations,
which have been found to be occupied by more than one family In such
cases, the police can proceed against the landlords under the Common
Lodging-House Act,
Annual Report
The number of deaths registered in this district, during the year 1867,
has been 2331, and the number of births 2686 The deaths, in 1866, were
3495 In this number there are included 904 deaths from cholera The
births, in 1866, were 2561
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 331, against 413 for the previous
year, and in the London Hospital 445 against 733
The total deaths from Epidemic Diseases have been 362, viz 40 from
small-pox, 33 from measles, 26 from scarlet fever and diphtheria, 72 from
hooping-cough, 100 from diarrhoea, 82 from fever, and 9 from cholera and
choleraic diarrhœa
Estimating the population at 78,000, the rate of mortality from all
causes has been 29 per 1000, or 1 in 34 of all living But as there is a
large hospital situated within this district, into which institution patients
are received, not only from all the districts in London, but from many parts
of the country, the registered rate of mortality of the Whitechapel District
is in excess of its actual amount In comparing the rate of mortality with
other districts, the whole of the deaths in the London Hospital must be
eliminated, and all the districts in London, in which a public hospital is
situated, must, in estimating their rate of mortality, adopt the same rule,
and the deaths in all the hospitals must be fairly apportioned to each district
The rate of mortality in this district, after deducting the deaths in
the London Hospital, is 24 per 1000, or 1 in 41 of the total population
* Bett's Yard, Buttress Gardens, Barber's Yard, Brunswick Place, Bell Place, Brownson's Court,
Crown Court in Wentworth Street, Crown Court in Little Pearl Street, Cherubim Court, Chamber Court,
Davis's Buildings, Devonshire Place, Frostic Place, Green Dragon Yard, Gower's Place, Great Tongue
Yard, Harriett Place, Holloway Court, John's Place in Hunt Street, Inkhorn Court, Kittleby Court,
King's Court, Little Love Court, Loat's Buildings, Matthew's Court, Matthew's Buildings, New Court
in Fashion Street, New Court in Brown's Lane, New Garden Court, New Court in Dorset Street, Osborne
Court, Parson's Court, Pool's Place, Peck's Yard, Pope's Head Court, Rose Court, Shorter's Rents, Vincent's
Place, Vine Yard and Vine Place, C C , Wilson's Place, William's Rents, Yeoman's Yard Total 43