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The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 13; of these 6
were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 2 by diabetes, 4 by nephritis,
and 1 by disease of the kidney.
Convulsions caused the deaths of 17 children.
There were 3 deaths from premature birth, 8 from teething, and 19
from atrophy and debility.
Syphilis was fatal to 7 children, 6 of whom were under 1 year of age.
Two persons died from privation, 1 from intemperance, and 2
children from want of breast milk.
Three women died in childbirth.
The deaths of 25 persons are attributed to old age: of these 12 were
above 80 years of age, 2 of whom reached the advanced age of 97.
Two persons died of premature decay under 63 years of age.
There were 29 deaths from mechanical violence; of these 8 were
caused by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 9 persons.
A boy 7 years of age died from mechanical obstruction caused by
the swallowing of a glass bead.
A labourer, aged 44, died from shock occasioned by accidentally
falling into a tank of sulphuric acid.
Six children were suffocated in bed.
A child, 2 months old, died from purulent ophthalmia.
Three persons committed suicide.
There was 1 death by manslaughter.
The number of inquests has been 87; in the corresponding Quarter
of last year the number was 73.
Uncertified Deaths.
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical
practitioner has been 20; of these 15 are recorded in the Spitalfields subDistrict.
The mortality of children under 5 years of age was 202. This is
35.9 per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter of
the previous year the rate of mortality of children under 5 was 36.0 per
cent. of the total mortality. In the Artillery sub-District, the rate is 40.0
per cent.; in the Spitalfields, 57.1 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town,
30.0 per cent.; in the Whitechapel North, 56.9 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
Church, 17.3 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 57.1 per cent.;
and in the Aldgate, 42.5 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last
Quarter, 1151 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse;—including 26
of small-pox, 31 of measles, 3 of scarlet-fever, 29 of whooping-cough,
30 of diarrhoea, 4 of fever, 79 of febricula, 1 of pyaemia, and 10 of erysipelas.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the number
of pauper cases of illness was 2,657, including 174 of small-pox, 101 of
measles, 8 of scarlet-fever, 28 of whooping-cough, 83 of diarrhoea, 29
of fever, and 14 of erysipelas.
Thenumberof cases of illness among the paupers still continues to diminish.
During this Quarter the number is less by 1506, when compared with
that of the corresponding Quarter of the previous year; and, if compared
with the corresponding period of 1866, the number then returned being
3426 the diminution of cases is most striking and satisfactory. During
this Quarter Mr. Ilott, the resident Medical Officer of the Workhouse
has furnished me with a return of sickness in that establishment. The
return shows that there have been 486 cases of illness, including 3 of
measles, 2 of whooping-cough, 68 of diarrhœa, 24 of febricula, 1 of fever,
1 of pyæmia, and 9 of erysipelas.