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Out of every 69 deaths, one person died of Small Pox, one
in 27 of Measles, one in 22 of Scarlatina, one in 21 of Hooping
Cough, one in 30 of Diarrhœa, and one in 21 of Typhus.
In the Metropolis, generally, the per-centage, of the Epidemic
to the total deaths was 18.36. The deaths in the SubDistrict
Green, are swelled by the Workhouse and Lunatic
Asylum returns. In the week ending March 24th, out of 20
deaths from Measles in all London, 6 died at our Workhouse.
The per-centage of the Workhouse to the total deaths was
13 25. If we contrast our mortality with that of London,
our ratio was 2.14 per cent, or one death to every 46 living,
while that of London was 239, or one in 41.* The difference
of these proportions is expressed by the numbers .895 and
1.000.
Inclinations.
Bethnal Green uprises, with slight undulations, from the
South to the North, from the East to the West: the minimum
elevation being 35.8 in the South; the maximum 59.8 in the
North. In the East, the ascent is from 39'4 in Old Ford Lane,
to 597 near Boundary Street, in the West. These altitudes
are derived from sheets 14 and 21 of the Ordnance Maps,
where they are given " n feet above the approximate mean
water of Liverpool;" from which a deduction of 12 feet
reduces them to their London Reading.
Levels.
As some of the streets were built in the hollows of the lowlying
grounds, with little regard to any general level, and
as, subsequently, levels were made—many houses are left
below the roadways. Such instances occur behind the high
road, in Hill Street, Crab Tree Row, Mount Street, &c.
Soil.
In our Geology, according to Myine's Topographical Map
*See Table VII.