[Report 1857-1858].

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
1858
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Credit: [Report 1857-1858]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4th.—NOW OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS. In Marylebone, the deaths from typhus were - - 1 in 1,561 Hampstead - - - - - - - 1 1,331 St Pancras - - - - - - 1„ 1,284 *Islington - - - - - - - 1 „ 564 Stoke Newington (including Stamford Hill, and West Hackney) - - - - - -1„ 1,325 Again, we find from the mortality, that more typhus fever, to a very considerable extent, must have prevailed in each of these favoured localities than with us. We now come to those especially favoured localities, sought after by the wealthy, blessed with parks and fine open spaces —the Court end of the metropolis. 5th.—THE WESTERN DISTRICT. In Paddington, which includes Kensington, Brompton, Hammersmith, and Fulham - - - - 1 in 1,170 Chelsea - - - - - - - 1 1,826 St. John's and St. Margaret's Westminster - - 1 „ 886 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields - - - - 1 „ 1,540 St. James's, Westminster - - - - 1 „ 2,141 St. George's, Hanover Square, which includes Mayfair and Belgravia - - - - - -1„ 1,309 Any comment upon the facts shown by these figures, is perfectly unnecessary to demonstrate how fallacious, how utterly groundless public opinion has been with regard to the supposed unhealthiness of our district. I have taken typhus fever as a standard for especial disease, and I will now refer to the general mortality for the year, which includes death from all diseases and all causes. I need not mention that the lives of the working classes are, to use a commercial phrase, hazardous; they are exposed to more risks, and when ill, have not the same comforts and appliances which the well-to-do and the rich have. A very considerable amount of our population consists of the working classes, and I confess to having approached the statistics of deaths from all causes with some misgivings. The following, however, is the result: — In Kensington, for the year, 1857, the mortality from all causes was - - - - - - 1 in 39 Chelsea - - - - - -1 „ 39 Westminster - - - - - - 1 „ 39 St. George's, Hanover Square - - - - 1 „ 44 St. Martin's-in-the-Fields - - - - 1 „ 42 St. James's - - - - - - 1 „ 55 Marylebone - - - - - - 1 „ 38 Hampstead - - - - - -1 „ 42 St. Pancras - - - - - - 1 41 Islington - - - - - - 1 „ 36 Hackney - - - - - 1 39 St. Giles's and St. George's Bloomsbury - - 1 „ 38 Strand - - - - - - - 1 „ 42 Holborn- - - - - 1 „ 42 Clerkenwell - - - - - - 1 „ 49 *Hospital, Workhouse, and Prison.
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