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REPORT
oF the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
foe the
Quarter ending, 4fh July, 1874.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, July 4th, 1874,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 727; viz., 401 males
and 326 females. During the same period, the deaths have been 594: of
these, 359 have been of males, and 235 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the births were 655, and the deaths 538.
The number of births is greater by 72 than in the corresponding quarter
of last year, and an increase of 56 has taken place in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 159; viz., 108 males
and 51 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 18 of
persons resident within the District, 105 of non-residents, and 36 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 within the
District which have occurred in other hospitals in the Metropolis; but of
those I have no complete record.
It is a matter for regret to all persons who are interested in estimating
the rate of mortality in small districts, inhabited by the poorer classes, that
the records of the deaths which occur in the public institutions are not forwarded
to the sanitary authorities of the Districts from which the patients
had been removed. I obtain the addresses of all the patients who die in the
London Hospital, and by the courtesy of Mr. Yallance, the Clerk to the
Board of Guardians, I receive a list of the deaths of those patients belonging
to this District, and of their addresses, before they were removed to the
Small Pox and Fever Hospitals; but, as a great many of the poor in this
District avail themselves of the advantages so freely offered by the several
great Hospitals in London, it is much to be desired that such arrangements
should be made with the several Hospital authorities as will enable the
Medical Officer of Health to record, with accuracy, the actual mortality of
his District.
There were 4 deaths from pyæmia, and 4 from erysipelas in the
London Hospital.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 104; viz., 64 males and 40
females. One death from pyaemia occurred in this establishment.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been