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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For the
Quarter ending 29th March, 1873.
To the Boakd of "Works, Whitechapel Disteict.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, March 29, 1873,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 720; viz., 376 males
and 344 females. During the same period the deaths have been 628 : of
these, 335 have been of males and 293 of females. In the correspondingQuarter
of the previous year the births were 720 and the deaths 608.
The number of births is the same as in the corresponding quarter of last
year, and an increase of 20 has taken place in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 163 ; viz., 105 males and
58 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 18 of persons
resident within the District, 93 of non-residents, and 52 of persons who
died either suddenly or from the result of accident. The total mortality
of this District is increased by the deaths of residents withiu the District
which have occurred in other hospitals in the Metropolis; but of those I
have no complete record. No death from epidemic diseases occurred in
the London Hospital during this quarter. Four deaths occurred in this
institution from pyaemia.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 111; viz., 55 males and 56
females. No death from epidemic disease occurred in this establishment.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 37 ;
viz., 1 from measles, 2 from scarlet-fever, 23 from hooping-cough, 2 from
diarrhoea, and 9 from fever. One death from fever occurred in the Fever
Hospital. There were 5 deaths from erysipelas, 4 from pyaemia, 4 from
croup, 1 from rheumatism, and 1 from remittent fever.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 69; viz., 11 from small-pox, 8 from measles, 2
from scarlet-fever, 1 from diphtheria, 41 from hooping-cough, 1 from diarrheea
and 5 from fever.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, have been 145 ; of these, 89 were caused by bronchitis, 46 by
pneumonia, 2 by laryngitis, 1 by laryngismus, 1 by pleuritis, and 6 by