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cent. of the total mortality. The annual death rate per 1,000 persons
living from this class of disease, was 3.9. Of these 55 deaths were due to
Tabes Mesenterica (Consumption of the Bowels), 126 to Phthisis (Consumption),
and 32 to Hydrocephalus. The greatest number of deaths from Tabes
was registered in the quarter ended Michaelmas, when the number reached
24; and the least in the quarter ended Midsummer, when 7 only were
registered. The deaths from Phthisis were distributed over the year as
follow:—In the Midsummer quarter 37; in the Michaelmas quarter 25; in
the Christmas quarter 30; and in the quarter ended Lady-day 34. As
regards age, the period of greatest mortality appears to have been between
the years of 20 and 40. That part of your district included in the parishes
of Shadwell and Wapping, contributed a proportionately larger number of
deaths from this disease than either the Parish of Limehouse or the Hamlet
of Ratcliff. Of the 32 deaths from Hydrocephalus 13 were registered in
Limehouse, 9 in Ratcliff, and 10 in Shadwell and Wapping; these two latter
parishes again contributing more than their share to the deaths from this
disease.
The following table exhibits the number of deaths registered from the
above and the sub-districts in which they were recorded:—
Sub districts.
Tabes
Mesenterica
Phthisis
Hydro
Cephalus.
Total.
Lmehouse
29
65
13
107
Ratcliff
16
26
9
51
Shadwell and Wapping
10
35
10
55
Total.
55
126
32
213
By far the greatest number of deaths were registered from diseases of a
local character, 638, or 42 per cent. of the total number of deaths, being
recorded therefrom. The rate of mortality per 1,000 living from this class