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R E P O R T
the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
oh the
Quarter ending 27th June, 1868.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, June 27th,
the births registered in the Whitechapel were 686, viz.: 347 boys and
339 girls. During the same period, the deaths have been 595, viz.:
333 males and 252 females. In the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year, the births were 669 and the deaths 533. There is,
therefore, an increase in the number of births of 17, and an increase of
62 in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 117, viz.: 80 males
and 37 females. On comparing the mortality of this District with that
of others, the deaths in this Institution are always omitted, as patients
from several parts of the country, and from nearly all the Districts of
London, are admitted to the benefits of this charity.
Of the total deaths in the London Hospital, 80 were of nonresidents
within this District, 8 of residents, and 29 of persons who
died from the result of accident and from sudden death. The previous
residences of persons dying from accidents are not always recorded
in the returns of the local registrar.