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Dalston-lane; Margaret-street, Well-street; Chapel-road, Stamford-hill;
Cambridge-heath-wharf; Helmsley-place, Mare-street; Stapleton's-buildings;
Coldbath-lane, Church-street; Conservative Land Society; Georgestreet,
London-fields; Jerusalem-square; Orchard-street and Court;
Adelaide-place, Forest-row; Enfield-road, North; Rugby's-buildings,
Stoke Newington; Woburn-place, Well-street; Grove-lane, Hackney.
Mr. Valentine accompanied me to all these places. The total number of
houses inspected was no less than 320. I paid numerous visits to Winn's
dustyard, Knifton's yard, Harrison's factory, and some others.
The preliminary and other notices issued in consequence of these visitations
having in many instances failed to obtain the removal of the nuisances
complained of, 23 owners of property were required to attend before this
Board, to show cause, if possible, why they should not be summoned to one
of Her Majesty's Police Courts. This step was successful as regards 19
persons, so that it was necessary to issue only 4 summonses during the
quarter, the whole of which were decided in favour of the Board.
The mortality for the quarter has been most unusually high in consequence
of the extremely cold weather in the early part of the quarter, no
less than 509 deaths having been recorded; but against these there were 699
births, or an excess of 190 births over the deaths. This is very satisfactory
when a comparison is made with other districts, as in some the death-rate
was nearly equal to the birth's-rate. Thus in Holborn there were no less
than 385 deaths to 361 births; in Whitechapel, 700 deaths to 710 births;
in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 162 deaths to 170 births; in Chelsea, 438
deaths to 528 births. Of the 509 deaths 239 were of males and 270 of
females, whilst of the 699 births 367 were of males and 322 females. Of the
699 births 46 were registered in Stoke Newington, 35 in Stamford Hill, 185 in
West Hackney, 277 in Hackney, and 156 in South Hackney sub-districts.
Of the 509 deaths 25 happened in Stoke Newington, 15 in Stamford Hill,
140 in West Hackney, 239 in Hackney, and 92 in South Hackney. No
less than 54 deaths, out of the 239 in Hackney sub-district, occurred in the
East London Union and German Hospital. As proof that the extremely large
number of deaths resulted from the intense cold, I have placed the temperature
of one week against the deaths which were registered in the