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fever-stricken portions of Shadwell were Brewhouse Street, from which 10
persons were sent to the Hospital, and Victoria Place and Street, from which
localities 11 people were removed. In Wapping, Upper Well Alley and
Black Jack Alley were the offenders, contributing between them 10 cases.
Of the condition of these places I have reported at length in my fortnightly
reports. I will therefore merely content myself with observing that most of
the houses are small, thereby easily becoming over-crowded, and that they
are inhabited by habitual paupers.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 65 deaths during the year. Of this number
no less than 48 were those of infants under one year, and 14 those of children
above one and under five. The greatest mortality was observable in
the quarter ended Michaelmas, when 48 deaths were registered, and the
average temperature was 61.3°. The least number was registered in the
quarter ended Midsummer, when 4 deaths only were recorded, and the
average temperature was 51.1°. Many lives were sacrificed to this disease,
which might have been saved had medical advice been sought at the onset
of the attack. In too many instances this step was delayed until too late to
be of any avail, and the little sufferer passed away the victim of neglect or ignorance.
The following table exhibits the number of deaths registered
from six of the principal Zymotic diseases, with the sub-districts in which
they were recorded:—
Sub-districts.
Small
Pox.
Measles
Scarlatina.
Hooping
Cough
Diarrhœa.
T yphus.
Total.
Limehouse
25
18
83
39
23
5
193
Ratcliff
4
6
42
35
20
5
112
Shadwell & Wapping
—
3
27
15
22
2
69
Total
29
27
152
89
65
12
374
Diseases of the Constitutional clas3 caused 239 deaths, or 15.7 per