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the tables of mortality in the Appendix, it will be seen that the
deaths from Zymotic diseases in Limehouse were at the rate of 4.2
per 1,000; in Ratcliff at the rate of 4.7 per 1,000; and in Shad well
and Wapping at the rate of 4.3 per 1,000 population per annum.
It will be found that Constitutional diseases caused a mortality in
Limehouse and Ratcliff equal to 3.6 per 1000, and in Shadwell a
death-rate of 2.4 per 1,000. In Limehouse the death-rate from
Local diseases was 10 per 1,000; in Ratcliff it was 11.2 per 1,000;
and in Shadwell and Wapping it was 7.2 per 1,000. From Diseases
of Development the mortality in Limehouse was 2.4; in Ratcliff
1.8; and in Shadwell and Wapping 1.6 per 1,000. I wish, however,
to draw your particular attention to the infant mortality of the
different parishes composing your District. You will find, on referring
to the Tables in the Appendix, that the deaths of children
under five years of age in Limehouse give a rate of mortality equal
to 10 per 1,000, in Ratcliff a rate equal to 13 per 1,000, and in
Shadwell and Wapping a rate of 9 per 1,000. From the foregoing
statements it will be seen that from whatever point of view we look
at the matter, either in relation to the deaths from Zymotic, Constitutional,
or Local diseases, or in connection with the infant
mortality, or taken as a whole, Ratcliff presents the highest deathrate.
For an explanation of this fact, I think it sufficient to draw
your attention to the condition of the houses in a portion of the
Hamlet. In a section bounded on the North by Brook Street, on
the South by Broad Street, on the East by Butcher Row, and on
the West by Collingwood Street, there exists a nest of courts and
alleys tenanted by the poorest of the poor. The houses in this
area are for the most part in a ruinous condition; the ventilation