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In the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 43, viz., 12 from measles, 8 from scarlet-fever, 2
from diphtheria, 8 from hooping-cough, 5 from diarrhoea, and 8 from fever.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, have been 116; of these, 69 were caused by bronchitis, 41 by
pneumonia, 2 by laryngismus, 2 by spasm of the glottis, 1 by pleuritis, and
1 by asthma. Consumption was fatal to 75 persons, The deaths from
other tubercular diseases were 35, viz., 15 from mesenteric disease, 4 from
tubercular meningitis, 12 from hydrocephalus or water on the brain, and 4
from scrofula.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 43 persons; of these,
34 died from disease of the heart, 3 from aneurism, 1 from disease of the
veins, 3 from anæmia, and 2 from pericarditis.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 22; of these, 13
were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 2 by diabetes, 3 by nephritis, 1
by disease of the bladder, and 3 by other diseases of the urinary organs.
Convulsions caused the deaths of 23 children.
There were 7 deaths from premature birth, 5 from teething, and 21 from
atrophy and debility. The deaths from syphilis were 3; of these, one was
that of a child under 1 year of age.
Purpura was fatal to 2 persons, and 3 died from privation.
The deaths of 22 persons are attributed to old age: of these, 11 were
above 80 years of age ; one of these, a female, reached the advanced age of 97.
There were 33 deaths from mechanical violence,; of these, 9 were caused
by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 10 persons. Two persons were accidentally
drowned. One was poisoned by drinking raw spirits. One person died from
hemorrhage from swallowing accidentally a fish-bone.
Six children were suffocated in bed, and 3 died from shock produced by
drinking hot water from a tea kettle.
The number of inquests has been 98. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 80.
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical practitioner
has been 17; of these, 14 were recorded in the Spitalfield's sub-district.
The mortality of children under five years of ago was 252. This is 37.8
per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the previous
year the rate of mortality of children under 5 was 31.3 per cent. of the total
mortality. In the Artillery sub-district the rate is 35.3 per cent.; in the
Spitalfields, 60.9 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town, 37.2 per cent.; in
the Whitechapel North, 44 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church, 21.3 per
cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 60.0 per cent.; and in the Aldgate 51.9 per
cent.