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Pauters Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last
Quarter, 3,267 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse, including 1 of
small-pox, 72 of measles, 26 of scarlet fever, 93 of hooping-cough, 149 of
diarrhcea, 47 of fever, and 10 of erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of
the previous year, the number of pauper cases of illness was 4,263, including
22 of small-pox, 143 of measles, 5 of scarlet fever, 62 of hooping-cough, 366
of diarrhcea, 125 of fever, and 10 of erysipelas. There has, therefore, been
a marked decrease (about 1,000) in the number of sick paupers during this
Quarter, when compared with the number returned for the corresponding
Quarter of last year.
Meteorology oe Greenwich.
The returns of the Registrar General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis during the Quarter has been 4.45 inches. During the corresponding
Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 4.22 inches. The mean
temperature of the air was 52.5°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year
the mean temperature was 55.1°. The hottest days during the Quarter were
Sunday, April llth, Wednesday, April 19th, Sunday, June 6th, and Monday,
June 7th, when the thermometer in the shade indicated respectively
77.9°, 79.1°, 83.2°, and 87.5°.

The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the Quarter:—
Number of inspections of houses, as shown in the official returns 4856
Houses systematically visited and rooms measured to ascertain their
cubic capacity 91