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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For the Quarter ending 3rd October, 1874.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the quarter that ended on Saturday, October 3rd, 1874,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 631; viz., 328 males
and 303 females During the same period the deaths have been 645; of
these, 363 have been of males and 282 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the births were 633, and the deaths were 573.
There has been, therefore, a decrease of 2 in the number of births, and
an increase of 72 in the number of deaths. In this Quarter the deaths have
exceeded the births by 14, but if we deduct the deaths of non-residents in
the London Hospital the births exceed the deaths by 59.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 153; viz., 103 males and
50 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 22 of persons
resident within the District, 86 of non-residents, and 45 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 record. There were 2 deaths from typhoid fever in the London
Hospital during this Quarter, and 1 from diarrhœa; all of which were of
residents within the district. There was also 1 death from diphtheria,*
which was of a non-resident.
Eight deaths from pyæmia,† and 2 from erysipelas occurred in this
institution during this Quarter.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 48 ; viz., 29 mates and 19
females. One death from diarrhœa occurred in this establishment.
* Diphtheria is thus defined:—a specific disease with membranous exudation
on a mucous surface, (generally of the mouth, fauces, and air passages) or occasionally
on a wound.
†Pyæmia:—a febrile affection resulting in the formation of abscesses in the
viscera and other parts.