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The mortality from epidemic diseases was unusually large, namely,
106 or nearly 25 per cent. of the whole, Of these 1 was registered from
small-pox; 4 only from measles; 12 from scarlet fever; 6 from
diphtheria; 7 from whooping cough; 43 from diarrhœa; and 12 from
fever. There were also 27 deaths registered as being from diseases of
uncertain seat; 74 from tubercular diseases (including 46 from consumption);
and 15 from abdominal consumption (tabes mesenterica) in
young children. There were also 46 deaths from affections of the brain
and nerves, including 12 from inflammation, and 18 from apoplexy and
palsy. Of the remainder 28 were caused by diseased heart, many being
sudden; 46 only from affections of the lungs; 25 from diseases of the
digestive organs; the very unusual number of 20 from premature birth
and debility; 27 from old age, of whom no less than 17 were 80 or above;
and 15 from violent deaths. Of the 27 deaths from old age, 7 persons
were above 85 years, one being 89, another 90, and the oldest 93.
The ages at death were as follows:—104 were under 1 year old; 101
above 1 and under 20 years; 53 were above 20 and under 40; 71 were
above 40 years old, but under 60; 72 were above 60, but under 80; and
no less than 29 were above 80.
I have made, amongst other places, inspections or house to house
visitations, in company with Mr. Valentine, in the following localities, and
ordered notices to be served, requiring the owners to abate the nuisances
existing on the premises. Many of the inspections were made in
consequence of the unusual prevalence of diarhœa and other epidemic
diseases during this Quarter. The localities visited were:—Conduitstreet;
Brook-street, Clapton; Orchard-cottages, Clarence-road; Ditches
in the vicinity of Stamford-hill, which caused diarrhœa; Church-street,
Stoke Newington; Albion-road; King's-head-yard, and Waterloo-place,
Upper Clapton (18 houses); Needham-terrace; Retreat-place, Homerton
(28 houses); Kossuth-terrace, Hackney-wick; Abbot-street, Kingsland;
Augusta-row; High-hill-ferry (10 houses); Lea-bridge-road; Duncansquare;
Bell-yard, Church-street; Salem-place, Homerton; Elizabethplace,
Stonebridge-common; Austin's-buildings (10 houses); Francis-yard,
Sheep-lane; Manor-place, Newington-common; Pratt's-row, Brooksby's-