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663 deaths occurred in public institutions of the parish; 343
in Shoreditch Infirmary; 277 in Holborn Infirmary, situate in
Hoxton New Town; 27 in the North Eastern Hospital; and
16 in Hoxton House.
Diseases acknowledged to be caused by cold and damp were
very destructive. There were 359 deaths from bronchitis, 293
from phthisis, and 182 from pneumonia. All lung affections are
much influenced by cold and wet.
The number of deaths under one year has slightly increased,
being 944 as against 919 the year before; and under five years
of age has decreased, being 1,358 against 1,432 in the previous year.
458 deaths occurred in persons at and over 65 years of age; 163
persons died from 75 to 85; 45 from 85 to 95; and 7 deaths were
registered at 95 and upwards; whilst in the previous year the
weather then also being very cold and damp, 291 died at 65 to 75 ;
192 from 75 to 85; 46 from 85 to 95; and 6 from 95 and
upwards.
In infancy, the largest number of deaths was caused by lung
disease (242), comprising 94 from bronchitis, 54 from pneumonia,
and 94 from other pulmonary affections. The diseases which came
next in order of fatality were atrophy and debility, 104 deaths;
convulsions, 94; whooping cough, 54; premature birth, 75; and
diarrhoea, 149.
In old age, 237 deaths were caused by bronchitis, 53 by heart
disease, and 51 by paralysis; but the largest number, 242, 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, 1881, there
were 1,013 deaths registered, whilst in the corresponding months
of the previous year, there were 1,275 deaths.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 426 deaths—54 by whooping