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608 deaths occurred in public institutions of the parish; 317
in Shoreditch Infirmary; 242 in Holborn Infirmary, situate in
Hoxton New Town; 37 in the North Eastern Hospital; and 12 in
Hoxton House.
Diseases acknowledged to be caused by cold and damp were
very destructive. There were 545 deaths from bronchitis, 300
from phthisis, and 239 from pneumonia. All lung affections are
much influenced by cold and wet.
The number of deaths registered under one year has slightly
diminished, there being 919, against 963 the year before; and
under live years of age, 1,432, against 1,481 in the previous year.
535 deaths occurred in persons at and over 65 years of age; 192
persons died from 75 to 85; 46 from 85 to 95; and 6 deaths were
registered at 95 and upwards;—whilst in the previous year, the
weather then also being severe—very cold, 576 died at 65 to 75;
184 from 75 to 85; 53 from 85 to 95; and 6 from 95 and
upwards.
In infancy, the largest number of deaths was caused by lung
disease (289), comprising 125 from bronchitis, 74 from pneumonia,
and 90 from other pulmonary affections. The diseases which came
next in order of fatality were—atrophy and debility, 100 deaths;
convulsions, 94; whooping cough, 76; premature birth, 58; and
diarrhoea, 50.
In old age, 130 deaths were caused by bronchitis, 36 by
heart disease, and 35 by paralysis; but the largest number, 235,
was registered under the term of "old age."
During the winter and spring months (December, January,
February and March) of the year ending 25th March, 1880, there
were 1,275 deaths registered, whilst in the corresponding months of
the previous year there were 1,168 deaths.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 508 deaths—153 by whooping
cough, 78 by diarrhoea, 57 by scarlet fever, 132 by measles,