Report on the health of Dublin for the year 1867 : to which is added a yearly report of analysis of food etc.

  • Mapother, E. D. (Edward Dillon), 1835-1908
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on the health of Dublin for the year 1867 : to which is added a yearly report of analysis of food etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Fever produced, in all these years, a greater loss of life than any other zymotic—492, 480, and 309 having thus perished in 1865, 1866, and 1867 respectively. The ratio of such deaths to population in each district is shown in the following Table :— Per 10,000 living. 1805. 1866. 1867. Summer-hill ... ... ... ... ... 77 6-8 7-5 Coleraine-street ... ... ... ... ... 3’9 7'01 7‘ Blackhall-street, containing the Hardwicke Fever Hospital 3S’0 32‘07 24* Meath-street, containing the Cork-street Fever Hospital 52,0 63 -8 30' High-street .. ... ... ... ... 7'G 12-2 5‘ Peter-street ... ... ... ... .. 12-9 10 3 9' Grand Canal-street... ... ... ... ... 93 11*1 6' • During the months of each of the three years the deaths by fever were distributed as follows :—January, 55, 46, 41 ; Febru- ary, 41, 50, 32 ; March, 49, 41, 34 ; April, 45, 48, 26; May, 36, 59, 29; June, 45, 35, 22; July, 28, 27, 27; August, 24, 32,15 ; September, 27, 21, 25; October, 27, 39, 23 ; November, 41, 29, 24 ; and December, 57, 33, 29. From city dwellings, the Hardwicke and Cork-street Fever Hospitals received 3,245 patients, or 127 out of every 10,000 of the population, during 1865 ; 2,536, or 99 per 10,000, during the succeeding year; and 1,841, or 72 per 10,000 during that just passed. The neighbourhoods in which fever has prevailed most, in each of the three years, are arranged below :— 1865. Church-street Beresford-street Greek-street Barrack-street Lr. Mecklenburgh-st. Cole’s lane Coombe Skinner’s-alley Patrick-street West Essex-street Townsend-street Poolbeg -street Wood-quay 1866. Church-street Fisher’s-lane Dispensary-lane Montgomery-street Kilmainliam Marrowbone-lane New-street West Essex-street Townsend-street City-quay Wood-quay 1867 Church-street. Beresford-street. Greek - street. East Arran-street. Coombe. Marrowbone-lane. Cork-street. Kevin-street. Golden-lane. Townsend-street.