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wore males, and 740 females. The following table exhibits the number
recorded in each sub-district, and the quarter when registered:-
Sub-districts.
Mid.
summer.
Michaelmas.
Christmas.
Ladyday.
Population
Total.
Limehouse
157
152
201
164
30,000
674
Ratcliff
123
109
116
113
17,000
461
Shadwell & Wapping
93
82
100
103
13,000
378
Total
373
343
417
380
60 000
1513
From this table it is apparent that the largest number of deaths was
registered in the quarter ended Christmas, and the least in the quarter ended
Michaelmas. diseases of local character, as Bronchitis and Pneumonia,
tended to swell the death sheet of the Christmas quarter, and during this
period the deaths From Scarlatina and Small-Pox reached their maximum,
being 52 and 17 respectively. Of the total deaths 434, or 28.6 per cent.,
were those of children under one year, and 433, or 28.5 per cent., those of
children above one and under five years. Eight hundred and sixty-seven, or
57.1 per cent, of the total deaths were therefore those of children under 5 years.
Scarlatina, Hooping Cough, Diarrhœa, Tabes Mesenterica, Convulsions,
Bronchitis, and Pneumonia were the principal agents in producing this
lamentable result, assisted by Small Pox, Measles, and Debility. The
annual death rate was 25 per 1,000, coinciding exactly with that of the
Metropolis.
The following table exhibits the number of deaths clue to the different
classes into which it has been found convenient to divide disease, together