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with the quarters during which they were registered, and the average temperature
:—
Class.
Midsummer
Av. Tcm.
51.1
Michael-
ma*.
Av. Tcm.
61.3
Christ-
ma*.
Av. Tern.
45
I.ady.
«lav.
Av. Tem.
37.8
Total
Per cent,
of total
deaths.
Rate
per 1.000
living
Zymotic
95
135
132
71
433
28.6
7.0
Constitutional
66
57
51
65
239
15.7
3.9
Local
160
105
194
179
638
42.1
10.6
Developmental
29
29
24
45
127
8.2
2.1
Violent
19
16
15
20
70
4.6
1.1
Ill-defined
—
—
—
—
6
—
0.1
Total
369
342
416
380
1513
99.2
24.8
Four hundred and thirty-three deaths were registered from Zymotic
diseases, or 28.6 per cent, of the total number of deaths. The annual rate
of mortality from this class of disease was 7 per 1,000 persons living.
It will be noted that the greatest mortality existed in the quarter ended
Michaelmas, when the average temperature was 61.3; and the least in the
quarter ended Lady-day, during which the average temperature was 37.8.
Of all the diseases which are classed as Zymotic, Small-Pox is the most
loathsome; from this affection 29 deaths were registered—the victims
being principally children, who were in most cases unvaccinated. It is a
matter for regret, that although by the discovery of Jenner, means .
were placed in our hands for averting this scourge, or at all events for
reducing to a minimum the severity of the attack, and the subsequent disfiguration,
there are to be found persons who, perversely blind to the experience
of years, decry the operation of vaccination. Twenty-five of the
deaths were registered in Limehouse, principally in that part of the district
known as Limehouse Fields ; four in Ratcliff; while Shadwell and Wapping
can show a clean bill of health as regards this disease. Twenty-seven deaths