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Deaths.—The total number of deaths registered during the year amounted to
seven hundred and ninety three, and the statement below will explain the number of
deaths that occurred in each quarter of the year:—
Males.
Females.
Total.
From April 1, 1877, to June 30, 1877
83
109
192
,, July 1, 1877, to September 30, 1877
86
75
161
„ October 1, 1877, to December 31, 1877
116
127
243
,, January 1, 1878, to March 31, 1878
106
91
197
391
402
793
A deduction from the above number must bo made for the deaths of non-residents
that have occurred in the St. Olave's Union Infirmary amounting to sixty-eight, also
of thirty-one persons who were not parishioners upon whoso bodies coroner's inquests
have Been held; thus the exact number will be reduced to six hundred and ninety-four,
and if this number he compared with the six hundred and thirty deaths registered in
the previous year, the increase will be found to amount to sixty-nine. This will raise
the rate of mortality estimated by increasing population a little higher than usual, and
it appears to be accounted for from the unusually fatal effects of two epidemic diseases,
measles and whooping cough, the severity of chest affections, and the increase in the
number of coroner's inquests.
It is worthy of notice, that the death of a female was registered, aged 103.
Comparative number of deaths during the last three years:—
No. of
Deaths.
Corrected
Mortality.
Rate of Mortality
per Thousand.
From April 1, 1877, to March 31, 1878
793
694
21.44
„ April 1, 1876, to March 31, 1877
798
633
20.00
„ April I, 1875, to March 31, 1876
672
645
21.75
I am indebted to Dr. Shepherd, Medical Officer of St. Olave's Union Infirmary,
for the following statement of the deaths which have occurred there during the year:—
Rotherhithe
Bermondsey
St. Olave's
St. John's
Total.
Males
12
14
7
36
Females
16
34
6
4
60
28
48
13
7
96