The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

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corded ; and 2,050 of the number were
causedere re-
by
cholera ; which had, in partial eruptions, all over Lon-
don, destroyed in nine weeks 5, 26, 133, 399, 644, 729
847, 1,287, 2,050, or, in the aggregate, 6,120 lives. The,
outbreak began later than in the corresponding out-
break of 1849, which by the same date had in 16 weeks
been fatal to 10,143 persons.
Will the epidemic pursue its ravages ? will it observe
its own times, disregard the seasons, and exact its full
tale of victims ? Such were the questions that were
asked-with no little anxiety-by those who watched
over the public health during the last week ; and the
answer, notwithstanding the losses that are recorded,
is on the whole satisfactory.
The deaths from all causes have fallen from 3,413 to
2,836 in the week. The deaths from cholera, instead of
2,050, are 1,549, or 501 less than the deaths from the
same cause in the preceding week. The total deaths in
the present eruption have been 7,669 ; in the eruption
of 1849 the deaths by cholera up to the same date,
within one day, were 11,825. In both of the eruptions
the mortality was highest on nearly the same day of
September ; its decline commenced in the corres-
ponding week ; and we may now sanguinely hope
that it will descend as rapidly as it did in the autumn
of 1849.
But no exertion should be spared to save the thou-
sands whose lives are still threatened ; and the dread
lesson, before regarded so little, should never be forgot-
ten-that men can no longer drink polluted water,_
breathe impure air, neglect sanitary measures year after
year, with impunity.
The following list exhibits the deaths from cholera in
London during last week, showing the elevation in feet
above Trinity high-water mark, the population in 1851,
and the number of deaths from cholera registered in each
sub-district --
West districts, elevation above Trinity high-water
mark, 28 feet ; population in 1852, 376,527 ; deaths,
248. North districts, elevation 135 feet ; population,
490,396 ; deaths, 115. Central districts, elevation, 49
feet ; population, 393,256 ; deaths, 106. East districts,
elevation, 26 feet ; population, 485,522 ; deaths, 224.
South districts, elevation, 6 feet; population, 616,635 ;
deaths, 856.
Sub-districts of Kensington-Paddington, St. Mary,
elevation, 82 feet ; population, 17,252 ; deaths, 8. Pad-
dington, St. John, elevation, 76 feet; population, 29,053;
deaths, 6. Kensington town, elevation, 28 feet ; popu-
lation, 29,183 ; deaths, 14. Brompton, elevation, 12
feet; population, 14,870; deaths, 6. Hammersmith,
St. Peter, elevation, 4 feet ; population, 4,467 ; deaths,
4. Hammersmith, St. Paul, elevation, 8 feet ; popula-
tion, 13,293 ; deaths, 22. Fulham, elevation, 6 feet;
population, 11,886 ; deaths, 14.
Sub-districts of Chelsea.-Chelsea, south, elevation,
10 feet; population, 19,050 ; deaths, 7. Chelsea, north-
west, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 17,669 ; deaths, 4.
Chelsea, north-east, elevation, 13 feet ; population,
19,819 ; deaths, 12.
Seb-districts of St. George, Hanover-square.-Han-
over-square' elevation, 64 feet ; population, 20,216 ;
death, 1. May-fair, elevation, 56 feet - population,
12,980 ; death, 1. Belgrave, elevation, 12 feet ; popu-
lation, 40,034 ; deaths, 30.
Sub-districts of Westminster.-St. John, elevation, 2
feet ; population, 34,295 ; deaths, 28. St. Margaret,
elevation, 4 feet ; population, 31,314 ; deaths, 20.
Sub-districts of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields.-Charing-
cross, elevation 17 feet ; population, 12,587 ; deaths, 2.
Long-acre, elevation, 60 feet ; population, 12,053 ;
deaths, 2.
Sub-districts of St. James's, Westminster.-Berwick-
street, elevation, 65 feet ; population, 10,798 ; deaths,
25. St. James's-square, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
11,469 ; deaths, 2. Golden-square, elevation, 68 feet ;
population, 14,139 ; deaths, 40.
Sub-districts of Marylebone.-All Souls, elevation, 76
feet ; population, 28,841 ; deaths, 25. Cavendish-
square, elevation, 73 feet ; population, 14,687 ; deaths,
2. Rectory, elevation, 68 feet ; population, 27,633 ;
deaths, 7. St. Mary, elevation, 79 feet ; population,
22,811 ; death, 1. Christchurch, elevation, 92 feet ;
Population, 33,595 ; deaths, 7 ; St. John, elevation,
124 feet ; population, 29,826 ; deaths, 4.
Sub-district of Hampstead.-Hampstead, elevation
350 feet ; population, 11,98 G ; deaths, 2.
Sub-districts of St. Pancras.-Regent's-park,

eleva.

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I tion, S 7 feet ; population, 31,918 ; deaths, 5. Totten.
Dr. Hall takes this opportunity of cautioning medical
i haw-court, elevation, 73 feet ; population, 28,435 ;
officers against the use of chloroform in the severe shock
of serious gun-shot wounds, as he thinks few will survive lation, 26,523 ; deaths, 9. Somers-town. elevatidn, 60 deaths, 16. Gray's-inn-lane, elevation, 52 feet ; popu-
where it is used. But as public opinion, founded perhaps feet ; population, 35,641 ; deaths, 3. Camden-town,
on mistaken philanthropy, he knows is against him, be elevation, 52 feet ; population,2l,lls ; deaths, 3.
can only caution medical officers, and entreat they will nar- Kentish-town, elevation, 110 feet ; population, 23,326 ;
rowly watch its effects, for, however barbarous it may deaths, 3.
appear, the smart of the knife is a powerful stimulant, and Sub districts of Islington.---Islington, West, eleva-
it is much better to hear a man bawl lustily than to see tion, 100 feet ; population, 47,881 ; deaths, 8' • 'sling-
him sink silently into the grave. ton, East, elevation, 88 feet ; population, 47,448 ;
5. One medical officer for each regiment, generally the deaths, 4
• • • t t sus-eon should follow the troops within
junior assistant-surgeon, an - 6 , hub districts of Hackney.-Stoke Newington, eleva-
on, 72
musket range, so as to be at hand to check any alarming
li
hill, eevation, 76 feet ; population, 5,549 ; deaths, 3.feet ; population, 4,840 ; deaths, 0.
lStamford-
hemorrhage, and to expedite the removal of the wounded West Hackney, elevation, 55 feet - population, 18,732 ;
off the field to the rear, and for this purpose the bearers deaths, 6. Hackney, elevation, 44 feet ; population,
should be placed under his orders, and the regimental 20,850 ; deaths, 5. South Hackney, elevation, 44 feet ;
spring waggon be so stationed as to be within easy reach, population, 8,458 ' • deaths, 2.
to convey them to where the surgeon and his assistants Sub-districts of St. Giles.-St. George, Bloomsbury,
have established themselves. The field assistant should elevation, 71 feet ; population, 16,807 ; deaths, 0. St.
carry with him in his haversack his pocket case of instru- Giles, South, elevation, 64 feet ; population, 19,951 ;
ments, with a few ligatures ready cut, two field tour-
deaths, 9. St. Giles', North elevation, 68 feet ; popu-
niquets, some lint, and two or three bandages ; and he
Wien
Sub-districts of Strand.-St. Anne, Soho, elevation,'l7,4s6 ; deaths, 8.
should be accompanied by three or four men, one with 64 feet; population, 17,335; deaths, 15. St. Mary-
s knapsack, or haversack, containing a pint bottle of le-Strand, elevation, 48 feet ; population, 11,615 ; deaths
brandy, or some other stimulant, twenty-four bandages, 3. St. Clement Danes, elevation, 36 feet ; population,
half a pound of lint, three sponges, six long and six short 15,510 ; deaths, 12.
solid splints, two old sheets, cut into quarters before Sub-districts of Holborn.-St. George tho Martyr,
starting, for the purpose of rolling fractured limbs in, and elevation, 66 feet ; population, 18,813 ; deaths, 0. St.
so preventing them frOm sustaining further injury on the Andrew, Eastern, elevation, 50 feet; population, 13,971 ;
men's removal from the field. This is best accomplished deaths, 5. Saffron-hill, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
by placing the old linen under the limb, and rolling the 13,83;3.7 (ii
sdtersi
ctt hs of Clerkenell.-St.
, 1.
splint up in it from the outer edge, and rolling towards
Sub-districts
; population, 21,529 ;wdeaths, 3.
James,
elevation, 44
Amwell, elevation
the limb on each side, and then securing the whole with 63 feet ; population, 15,720 ; death, 1. Pentonville,'
two or three bands of tape. In this way Dr. Hall thinks elevation, 84 feet ; population, 11,904 ; death 1. GOP-
medical officers will find they can temporarily secure frac- well-street, elevation, 78 feet; population, 15,625 ;
tured limbs better, and much more expeditiously than in deaths, 0.
any other manner. The orderly should have in his haver- :seSuledistricts of St. Luke.-01d-street, elevation, 60
sack, in addition to the above articles, a piece of tape, feet ; population, 10,617 ; deaths, 3. City-road, eleva-
some pins, and two or three rolls of tow. He should carry tion, 52 feet ; population, 16,840 ; deaths, 0. White-
a canteen, either of wood or India-rubber, full of water, crosestreet, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 13,657 ;
and a drinking cup. The second man should carry a deaths, 5. Finsbury, elevation, 43 feet ; population,
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canvas bearer with shoulder-straps, and, like the former, 12,941 'ub-distri deaths, 0 •
Sub-districts of East London.-St. Botolph, elevation,
should have a canteen full of water. The third man, I 36 feet ; population, 23,824 ; deaths, 9. Cripplegate,
think, should be armed, to protect the party against elevation, 44 feet ' • population, 20,532 ; deaths, 4.
stragglers and marauders, and, like his fellows, carry a Sub-districts of WestLondon.-West London (North),
canteen full of water. The second-assistant-surgeon should elevation, 36 feet ; population, 12,946 ; deaths, 15.
receive the wounded' from the field, see them carefully West London (South), elevation, 24 feet ; population,
placed in the spring waggon, and then accompany the 15,844 ; deaths, 3.
spring waggon to where the surgeon and third assistant Sub-districts of City of London-City of London, south
aro stationed, ready to afford them the surgical aid they Cityelevation,2lelevation,population,
, of
11,847 ; deaths, 0. City of London, south, eleva-
tion should be accompanied by two men, to assist in tion 21 feet ; population„ 11,461 ; deaths, 3. City of
placing the mencarefully in the waggon; these men should London, south-east, elevation, 21 feet • population,
likewise carry canteens full of water, and there should 10,594 ; deaths, 3. City of London, north-east, elm'.
be a skin of water, as a reserve, in the waggon, with tion, 44 feet ; populatioh, 12,826 ; death, 1.
a drinking cup. Sub-districts of Shoreditch-Holywell, elevation, 36
G. The site selected by the staff-surgeon of brigade for feet ; population, 17,245 ; deaths, 7. St. Leonard, ele-
the reception of the wounded from the field should be as
vation,re 41feet; iooputlinlotionil9e,e449 ; dealtahtsi,onl7.23llsoosx;
sheltered as possible ; and, if not easily distinguished, a tono Old T 2 ft
own, elevation, 52 feet ; popu-
lated nlvapopu
flag should be put up ; and if any houses be near, calcu-
deaths,..\ 9. Horton
Town,xton
listed for the reception of wounded men, they should be Wien, 17,431 ; deaths, 0. Haggerstone, west, eleva-
tion, 52 feet ; population, 20,276 ; deaths, 8. nagger-
taken possession of at once, and an abundant supply of stone, east, elevation,- 62 feet ; population, 11,351 ;
water and, if possible, straw provided. deaths, 2.
7. Should the action prove decisive, tents can be pitched Sub-districts of Bethnal-green-Hackney-read, eleva-
for the temporary accommodation of the wounded ; but tion, 44 feet ; population, 23,910 ; deaths, 10. Green,
should the army advance, the surgeon, and one assistant at elevation, 36 feet ; population, 23,555 ; deaths, 13.
least, should accompany their regiments, leaving one or two Church, elevation, 36 feet ; population, 21,787 ; deaths,
assistants, according to the number of wounded, to aid the 5. Town, elevation, 36 ; population, 20,941 ; deaths, 6.
divisional staff, who will pitch the reserve marquees, and Sub-districts of Whitechapel- Artillery, elevation,
36 feet ; population, 6,769 ; deaths, 3. Spitalfields,
make all necessary preparation for the comfort and accom-
elevation, 36 feet • population, 15,336 ; deaths, 3. Mile-
modationaof the wounded, by having tea, broth, or essence end New Town, elevation, 36 feet ; population, 14,543 ;
.of beef (which is readily made into broth by adding hot deaths, 11. Whitechapel North, elevation, 36 feet
water), wine, and brandy, &c., ready. Should the army population, 12,530 ; deaths, 4. Whitechapel Church,
unfortunately meet with a reverse, all available transport elevation, 32 feet ; population, 7,818 ; deaths, 7. Good-
must be pressed for the removal of the wounded to the man's-fields, elevation, 28 feet ; population, 12,069 ;
rear, and they must be sent off as speedily as possible ; deaths, 4. Aldgate, elevation, 19 feet ; population,
adseta-East
Mary,
but neither here nor on the field of battle should any 10,604 ; deaths, 13.
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one be carried whose hurts are so slight as to admit of
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his walking. Nor should commanding officers of regi-
Paul, elevation, 27 feet,population,
silents, when wounded, be allowed to take medical officers
St. John, elevation, 2 population,fee;t•opulati 6319 ; deaths, 8,
of their own corps to the rear with them, or officers of Sub-districts of Stepney' population,
990; deaths, 6.
any grade be permitted to appropriateth the spring wag- population, 16,179 ; deaths, 11. elevation,Ratcliff, 7 feet ;
of themselves and their fee ;elevation, 18
gons for the special conveyancet population, 15,212 ; deaths, 9. Mile
be given toprevent •end Old
luggage; and positive orders should Town, upper, elevation, 32 feet ; population 29,532 ;
bandsmen, drummers, or pioneers, specially told off to deaths, 6. Mile-end Old Town, lower, elevation,' 28
assist the wounded, from being left in charge of officers, feet ; population, 27,020 ; deaths, 15. Limehouse, ele-
horses and effects. vation, 10 ; population, 22,782 ; deaths, 2.
8. Should the army have to effect a landing on an ene- Sub-districts of Poplar-Bow, elevation, 12 feet ' • I"'
my's coast, with an opposing force to meet it, the men pulation, 18,778 ; deaths, 13. Poplar, elevation, 3 feet;
should eat a good meal before leaving the ships, and should population, 28,384; deaths, 21.
cook whatever provisions it is deemed necessary to serve Sub-districts of St. Saviour, Southwark-Chris
t•
to them before they start. Pork is better than beef , church, elevation, 2 ; population, 16,022.; deaths, 15.
;
for this purpose, as it warms up more readily with any 1a 4irr, elevation, 4 feet ; population, 19,709
death%
vegetable the men may find on shore. The medical officers ' Sub-districts of St. Olave Southwark-St. Olave,
should land with the last boats of their regiments, and. elevation, 6 feet ; o ulation' '
8,015 • deaths, 28. St.
down
should carry with them their haversacks, dressings, and
John, Horsle 1)
I)
Horsley down,elevation, 2 feet ; population,
eanvassbearers, if the landing be opposed, so as to be able , 11,360 ; deaths, 21.
tobring the wounded at once to the boats for conveyance Sub districts of Bermondsey--st • James, elevation,
Mary
d 1
39. St. esary Ma a en,
to the ships set apart for their reception ; care should be 1 ; population, 18,899 ; deaths, 4 -
; deaths, 37. Leather
taken that each boat emplOyed in this service contains elevation 0 ; population,
13,9"3 15 295 • deaths, 34.
a Market, 'elevation, 0 ; population, , ,
supply of water and a drinking horn.
St. George, Southwark-Kent-road,
Sub-districts of
9, plonk' a landing be effected, and way horses be di e• •
e. eleyation, 1 ; populatios " 121 - ' -
6 • deatha, $2. Borough.
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