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But, consequent upon the very healthy condition of
the year 1860, the Long Acre district shows a diminished
detail rate 25.44 against 28.45; and although the
Charing Cross district gives an increase from 18.35 to
19.91, this may be attributed in part to the apparently
smaller amount of population, consequent on taking
the Census while so many of the usual residents were
absent.
Quarterly Report, January to March, 18611.
The number of deaths in the first quarter of the
year ending on Saturday, March 31, 1860, has been
177, which exceeds those of the corresponding quarter
of 1859 by 9.
The outbreak of small-pox has been very destructive
to life throughout the Metropolis. There have been
several cases of this disease in the Parish, but we have
only had 3 deaths from this cause. The deaths from
epidemic diseases have not been numerous, 1 from
measles, 6 from scarlatina, 3 from whooping cough, 1
from diarrhoea, 4 from typhus fever, and 4 from croup.
There have been 20 deaths fever consumption, 31 from
bronchitis, 9 from pneumonia, and 3 from asthma,
making 63 deaths in the quarter from diseases of the
respiratory organs; 61 of the 177 deaths occurred in
children under 5 years; 37 in persons over 60 and 79;
in the intermediate ages, 43 of which were in persons
aged from 40 to 60. This is a disproportionate number