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that the same increase and diminution of specific Zymotic diseases
prevailed in every part of London. Measles, Typhus, and Diarrhoea,
were more prevalent last year than in 1863, but Small Pox and
Scarlet Fever less so. In Saint Saviour's District there was only
one fatal case of Small Pox recorded, against fifteen in the year
preceding.
Twenty-nine persons died in the District during the year whose
united ages amounted to 2,450 years, being an average of nearly 85
years each. Of these, two died at the advanced age of 89 and
one at 90 years.
In the Workhouse here were 124 deaths during the year.
The mortality occurred chiefly in the severe weather of the early
part of the year ; of this number fifty-nine were between the ages of
60 and 80, and fifteen above 80 years old. Nearly two-thirds therefore
of those who died in the Workhouse were above 60 years, and
the number above 80 exceeded the mortality of the whole District at
that advanced age. The largo number of deaths in the Workhouse
is attributable to the fact, that the out-door poor very generally
entertain the opinion that the new building is an Infirmary for the
district, rather than a convenient place of separation for the sick
poor of the Workhouse. Application for admission to this Infirmary
is not unfrequently made by persons who express the utmost surprise
when they are informed that their object can only be attained by an
admission into the Workhouse. The Hospital authorities are becoming
more and more exclusive, and Workhouse Infirmaries are to
a large extent supplying their place. With about two-thirds of the
number of inmates of former years, the Saint Saviour's Workhouse
contains at present nearly double the number of sick cases.
There were thirty-four Coronor's Inquests held in the District
during the year, and ten in Guy's Hospital. These represent fortyfive
deaths from sudden, accidental, or violent causes. Ten of the
eighteen deaths in the Hospital were the result of fire, and five in
the District are attributable to Asphyxia. A large proportion of
these cases arise from parental negligence—more than 300 Infants
being annually suffocated by their parents in London alone.
1,107 Births were Registered during the year, giving an excess
of 210 births over deaths.
Notwithstanding an increase in the number of deaths from
causes which are supposed to be more especially under human
control, it will be observed, from the Table of sanitary work done,
that more than ordinary exertions have been made to prevent the
spread of disease. Upwards of nine hundred visits have been made
in different parts of the district; three hundred and ninety houses
inspected; two hundred and sixty-one notices to remove nuisances