View report page

35
Table of Deaths in Districts and Quarters in 1870.
First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter,
Population.
St. James's Sq. Div.
42
45
22
43
10,453
Golden Square Div.
59
65
73
64
12,855
Berwick Street Div.
48
77
64
75
10,279
Workhouse
53
54
28
42
..
202
241
187
224
33,587
A single glance at these tables will shew the
cause of the greater deaths in 1870, than in any
preceding year since 1864. It will be remembered
that the Fourth Quarter of 1870 was remarkable
for the coldness of the weather, and for the setting
in of one of the severest frosts that has been
experienced in this country for many years. The
cold was equally severe and excessive for the Second
Quarter of the year where it will be seen the deaths
in 1870 were in excess of those of 1869. Reporting
to the Vestry on the 14th of April, 1870, I
remarked that "the higher mortality, independent
of the Workhouse, is found to be due to diseases of
the chest, which have been aggravated by the
prolonged cold of an unusually severe winter.
Death produced by cold is less under the control
of the Medical Officer of Health than any other
of the common causes of disease. It is mainly due