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Developmental Diseases caused 102 deaths, among which
are included 22 from Premature Birth, and 77 from Old Age.
Local Diseases caused the deaths of 706 persons, and included
44 from Apoplexy and allied disease, 11 from Epilepsy, 40 from
Convulsions, 84 from Disease of the Heart, 196 from Bronchitis
and 111 from Pneumonia. The death rate from diseases of this
class was 12 per 1,000 population.
Violence caused 70 deaths, of which 18 were due to Fractures
and Contusions, 28 to Drowning, and 15 to Suffocation.
Sanitary Work, &c.
The usual house to house inspection was carried on regularly
throughout the year, and resulted in the inspection of 3,581 house*,
and the service of 2,216 orders for Sanitary Amendments. In
addition to this inspection 1,178 houses let in lodgings or occupied
by more than one family were examined and registered under the
35th section of the Sanitary Act of 1866. The Bakehouses, Cow
House*, and Slaughter Houses were regularly inspected, and the
provisions of the Canal Boats Act were enforced These proceedings
however indicate but briefly the activity which prevailed in this
department and for a detailed list of the work done I beg to refor
you to Table VI.
My Official Representation, under the Artizans and Labourers
Dwellings' Acts, concerning the Angel Gardens area in Shadwell