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The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, have been 152 : of these, 85 were caused by bronchitis, 55
by pneumonia, 2 by laryngitis, 2 by pleuritis, and 8 by asthma. Consumption
was fatal to 81 persons. The deaths from other tubercular diseases
were 25 ; viz., 17 from mesenteric disease, 5 from tubercular meningitis,
2 from hydrocephalus or water on the brain, and 1 from scrofula; making
a total of 131 deaths from tubercular diseases.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 39 persons; of these,
34 died from disease of the heart, 2 from aneurism, 1 from phlegmasia
dolens, 1 from hoemorrhage from the nose, and 1 from pericarditis.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 11; of these, 7 were
caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 1 by diabetes, 1 by nephritis, 1 by
stone in the bladder, and 1 by retention of urine.
There was 1 death from syphilis and 1 from stricture of the urethra.
Convulsions caused the deaths of 20 children.
There were 6 deaths from premature birth, 4 from teething, and 25 from
atrophy and debility.
One person died in childbirth.
Want of breast-milk was fatal to 3 persons, and 1 died from privation.
The deaths of 25 persons are attributed to old age; of these, 17 were
above 80 years of age; two of these reached the advanced age of 92. Two
persons under 70 died from premature decay.
There were 32 deaths from mechanical violence ; of these, 9 were caused
by horses and vehicles in the streets.
There were 3 deaths by manslaughter.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 10 persons. One person was accidentally
drowned.
Two persons committed suicide.
Six children were suffocated in bed.
One death was occasioned by chloroform, and 1 person died from accidentally
swallowing an overdose of laudanum.
The number of inquests has been 95. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 79.
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical practitioner
has been 12; of these, 10 were recorded in the Spitalfield's sub-district.
The mortality of children under five years of age was 225. This is 32.1
per ccnt. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the previous
year the rate of mortality of children under 5 was 35.2 percent. of the total
mortality. In the Artillery sub-district the rate is 37.9 percent.. in the
Spitalfields, 40.9 percent. in the Mile End New Town, 30.1 percent. in
the Whitechapel North, 54 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church, 15.3 percent.;
in the Goodman's Fields, 52.1 percent.; and in the Aldgate, 62.7 percent.