Northern Times. — 1859-03-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MESSRS. HOLME AND CASTELLAINE  everal cases of affiliation that came before these vas rather a curious one, in which two Welsh •e concerned. Ellen Pritchard summoned 33 for the support of her child. Mr. Bluck was plainant, and Mr. Godfrey for the defendant. some curious facts elicited. The girl was a the defendant a warehouseman at Mr. Williams,  ;ton. Amongst the witnesses examined for the a gentleman, named Thomas Roberts, a native ,o gave the following initials after his name L.A.H.L. Of course after this there made in favour of the plaintiff for 2s 6d a weel, f the child.  --r  ?ORT OF Tin  MEDICAL OFFICER  1858 was one of high mortality throughout Loyally ; and Liverpool. in common with the and nearly all the principal towns in the kingno exception to the rule. In so far as Liver ed, this unfavourable result seems to hay part by the severity of the weather through  f Febru  and the first half of Marc ater Dart of  )vember, but chiefly  kind since 1848—  d 13 adults,  tered in the b wc  nary 1  the most serious  which proved fatal to  ugh during the 52 IN 13,937, being 986 1  960 more thim the a  ,cted for increase of popu n of the five year  ,earlatina deaths from -botl  a balance of about 400 in  i 4 to be r  abered that scarlatina is a  little under the con  1 of sanato  9,57 G were in the parish, and 4  i-rate for the firmer o  26. g, and for the b  igh of 3  ibed to diseases of the Zymotic class are 4,265 ;re children, and 625 adults. The total, which the year preceding, has been only four times  the eleven pi•evious jrcars since_ the  s of this cla  ,anatory  which followed the lowest temperature of the year, when the mean was 34, degrees. The minimum mortality (40) occurred in August, in the week subsequent to that of the highest mean temperature (68 degrees). Of the 4,053 deaths, 1,618 were from consumption, of which 539 occurred in the out-townships. It is worthy of remark, that while the deaths in the out-townships from diseases of the lungs, excluding consumption, were nearly as 1 to 3 compared with those in the parish, the deaths from consumption were as high as Ito 2. The death-rate, however, in both cases was lower in the out-townships than in the parish, although the" districts approach each other much more closely in the mortality from consumption than from other diseases of the lungs. In the parish the deaths from' the latter class were 1 in 153 of the inhabitants, and in the out townships 1 in 264 ; from consumption they were lin 259, and lin 305 respectively. But not less than nine of the twelve parochial wards had a lower consumption death-rate than the out townships aggregate, the three exceptions being Exchange. St. Anne's, and Lime-street. The mortality varied from one in 540 inhabitants, in Castlestreet Ward, to as high as 1 in 256, in Lime-street. In the following list the sixteen municipal wards are arranged in the order of their mortality from consumption in an ascending scale :  Castle-street . North Toxteth  Saint Paul's  One in .. 540 .. . 507  One in  Abercrombv Everton and KirkdalE  RodnE. Pitt-street Saint Peter's  Great Georg Vauxhall ...  Scotland  West Derby .. South Toxteth Exchange ,  St. Anne'e Lime-street  From a subsequent table it will appear that the order of their general mortality differs materially from the above. From one of the early reports of the Registrar-General it appears that on an average of the three years 1838-40, one in 170 of the inhabitants of Liverpool died yearly from consumption. Since that period the mortality has been greatly reduced, the yearly average of the last three years, 1856-58, having been not more than one in 284. Gout was fatal to five males, being about the usual number yearly recorded in Liverpool. With one exception all were above 60 years of age.  nortaliCy in each quarter of the year, was, in the Disease of Conthe lungs. sumption 827 429 514 470 302 380  March quart June • September „  December  All causes. ... , 3,699 , . . . . 3,241  It will be seen that while the deaths from lung diseases, without consumption, in the two colder quarters, were about double the number in the warmer seasons, those from consumption in the warmer six months actually exceeded those in the remainder of the year._ _ _  The deaths from violence were 521, against 489 in the previous year (378 males, 143 females-242 children, 279 adults). Inquests were also held in 72 cases of sudden death from natural disease, the number in the previous lying been 99. Of the 521 violent deaths there were from  Fractures, wounds, and contusions  Burns and scalds Drowning Hanging Suffocation  Manslaughte  Exposure to cold, tit  les, 32, of whi  Banging Drownin  Shootin Cut-thri  glect, &c  Irani  Jumping Poison  n window  Of the 86 who were suffocated, 79 were infants said to have been overlain by the mothers, four of whom are recorded to have been intoxicated at the time.  s of accidental drowning, 28 occurred in he canal, and 4 in pits. ho committed suicide were .3 males, 15 procured their living by  The extreme ages of th( 16 and 61. Of th  1 labour, 8 were of a higher class, 3 of whom Bowed no occupation. Of the 9 females, 8 were married, and 1 was unknown ; their ages ranged from 21 to 61. Intemperance (including delirium tremens 17) was assigned as the direct cause of death in 54 cases-39 males and 15 females. Of the latter, 12 were married and 3 widows, their ages varying from 23 to 70. Of the males, 28 were labourers or mechanics, 2 sailors, and 9 in a superior station. In addition to the above, 6 males and 2 married females, who met with fatal accidents, wore intoxi manna.  accidents occurred  ths, and the rate of mortality in each in the following table,  borough  asual place at the  In 10,0 C Deaths. inhabitar 913 .... 365