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Parish Clerks, to 5 of the Surveyors, to 16 of the Solicitors,
to 11 of the Law Clerks, to 8 of the Auctioneers, to 7 of the
Engravers, to 25 of the Musicians, to 45 of the Watchmakers,
to 65 of the Weavers, to 52 of the Tailors, to 47 of the Shoemakers,
to 32 of the Cabinet-makers, to 57 of the Carpenters,
to 44 of the Grocers, to 137 of the Butchers, to 54 of the
Bakers, to 69 of the Licensed Victuallers and Beer. Shop
Keepers, to 26 of the Labourers, to 12 of the Almsmen, to 15
of the Annuitants, to 39 of the House Proprietors, and to 16
of the Gentlemen of Bethnal Green. The above are derived
from dividing the living at each calling in 1851, as extracted
and given in Table 9.
The standard of health was low and the rate of depopulation
high in Vincent, Lisbon, Austin, Victoria, Scott and
Digby Streets; in Sherwood, Elizabeth, Gascoyne, Hort and
Hepworth Places ; in Sweet Apple Square ; in Somerset and
Latham Buildings; in Weatherhead Gardens, in Crown
Court, in Blackbird Alley and in Stepney Rents. On the
contrary, health rose and the death-rate decreased in John
Street and Court, in Miring, Providence, and Ely Places, in
Lenham and Turville Buildings, in Prospect Terrace and in
Thorold Square.
3. Pauper Ill-Health.
The year 1861 was not propitious in Bethnal Green. The
Weavers had less work and worse pay ; trade generally was
bad, and the struggle to live became harder for all. Influences
so adverse necessarily brought on distress, and many more
applicants were driven to seek Poor-Law relief. The aid of
its Medical Officers was therefore more in request. Taking
a mean of five years the New Cases averaged 7162 per year;
whereas in 1861, they showed an excess of 1280 over the
mean. This excess swelled the total to 8442 ; of which 1713
of the Cases belonged to the Epidemic and 1122 to the Acute