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Hamlet—recommendations.—Report re houses in Globe
Road—and recommendations.
1874. January 6.—Ordinary report.
January 19.—Ordinary report.—Special report re 9
houses in Globe Road—and recommendations.—Report
re Old Church Road—and recommendations
February 16.—Ordinary report.—Report re East
London Water.
March 23.—Ordinary report.—Report upon complaints
re Hyman's Skin Dressing and Parchment
Manufactory, 51, Stepney Green, and recommendations
thereon.—Report re houses in Bale Street, upon complaint
of Dr. A. Caesar—with recommendations to discontinue
overcrowding, and perform sanitary work.
April 20.—Report re houses in Upper York Place as
unlit for human habitation, and recommendation to
proceed under Artizans' and Laborers' Dwellings Act.
Deaths at Various Ages.—Table IV.
Table IV. shows the number of deaths at various
periods, from birth upwards. As usual, the deaths
during the first year of age are largely in excess, and
constitute 29 per cent. of the total mortality, and during
the next period, from 1 to 5 years of age, the deaths
were 20 per cent. of the total, so that of the total
mortality 49 per cent., or very nearly half, occurred
to children between birth and the end of the 5th
year of age; this would be equal to 27 per cent.
of the total births for the past year; after the 5th
year there is a considerable diminution, and during
the period of youth, from 10 to 20 years of age,
the number of deaths was much the lowest; after this
period there was a gradual increase during each succeeding
decennial period, and it is satisfactory to observe
that during the GO years succeeding the 20th year, the