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Notwithstanding these improvements, the death rate was rather higher
than the year before, and the increase was mainly of the Zymotic class,
as is shewn by the following table :—
1867.
1868.
Fever
88
96
Small pox
65
24
Measles
46
120
Scarlatina
40
97
Diptheria
10
11
Diarrhœa
129
158
Cholera
7
10
Whooping Cough
123
102
508
618
Increase
110
It will be seen that there was an increase in all deaths from Zymotic
disease, except Small Pox, which fell from 65 to 24 ; and Whooping
Cough, which fell from 123 to 102. The increase was in Fever from
88 to 96 ; Measles 46 to 120 ; Scarlatina 40 to 97 ; Diptheria 10 to 11 ;
Diarrhoea from 129 to 158 ; Cholera, so registered, 7 to 10. Thus, if we
take Fever, Measles, Scarlatina, Diptheria, and Cholera, we find they
form 172 of the 176 deaths that took place in 1868 beyond the number
that occurred in 1867.
The full limits and legitimate boundary-line of our Parish—Bethnal
Green—is like an unknown region to those resident beyond its precincts ;
and to a large portion of its actual inhabitants little, perhaps, is accurately
known.
I propose, therefore, for the sake of a pleasing diversion from the arid
details of statistical studies, and for the better instruction of the more
curious in such matters, to give in this place a superficial geographical
outline of the boundaries which encompass it.
Let the pedestrian start upon his journey of investigation, and
let the point of his departure be the Church of Shoreditch; ere,
however, he sets forth, let him note well the fact, that a portion of the
burial ground attached to this ancient church, as well as the vestry of
this venerable edifice, is within our Parish ; from thence, he will proceed
along the right-hand side of Hackney Poad throughout its whole extent,