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R E PORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
for the
Quarter ending 31st December, 1870.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, December 31st, 1870,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 670, viz., 331 males
and 339 females. During the same period, the deaths have been 655 : of
these, 368 have been of males and 287 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year, the births were 661 and the deaths 657.
There lias been, therefore, an increase of 9 in the number of births, and a
diminution of 2 in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 155, viz., 98 males and
57 females. Of the total deaths in this institution, there were 21 of persons
resident within the District, 96 of non-residents, and 38 of persons who
died from the result of accident and from sudden death. The total mortality
of this District is increased by the deaths of residents within the District
which have occurred in other hospitals in the Metropolis; but of those I
have no record. There were 7 deaths from epidemic diseases in the London
Hospital, viz., 4 from scarlet fever, 2 from small pox, and 1 from
diarrhoea.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 76, viz., 39 males and 37
females. There were 9 deaths from epidemic diseases in this establishment,
viz., 5 from small pox and 4 from diarrhoea. Two deaths were caused by
erysipelas.