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Whitechapel Church, 16.4 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 64.0 per
cent.; and the Aldgate, 41.1 per cent.
In the Aldgate sub-district the deaths during the last two quarters
have exceeded the births; in this quarter by 13, and in the previous quarter
by 7. The question may be asked, Are all the births which take place in
this District duly registered ?
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical
practitioner has been 19; of these, 10 are recorded in the Spitalfields subdistrict.
The Registrar for this sub-district makes a note to the effect that
the majority of the certificates are informal, that is to say, the certificate of
death has not been given in accordance with the form prescribed by the
Registrar-General, although the certificates were signed by a duly qualified
medical practitioner. One death occurred in the London Hospital which is
recorded as being uncertified in consequence of a post mortem examination
having been disallowed. In all doubtful cases as to the cause of death
occurring in a hospital, a post mortem examination should be made, unless
the same is strictly forbidden by the relatives or friends of the deceased.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last
quarter, 3393 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse, including 21 of
small-pox, 143 of measles, 21 of scarlet-fever, 37 of hooping-cough, 235
of diarrhoea, 27 of fever, and 9 of erysipelas. In the corresponding quarter
of the previous year the number of pauper cases of illness was 3267,
including 1 of small-pox, 72 of measles, 26 of scarlet-fever, 93 of hoopingcough,
149 of diarrhoea, 47 of fever, and 10 of erysipelas. Although no deaths
from small-pox have been recorded in the mortality returns of this quarter,
yet, as several cases of this disease have recently come under the notice of
the Medical Officers of the Union, it behoves the authorities to be especially
vigilant as regards the carrying out of the Vaccination Act.
Meteorology at Greenwich.
The returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis during the Quarter has been 1.29 inches. During the corresponding
Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 4.45 inches. The
mean temperature of the air was 54.7°. In the corresponding quarter
of last year the mean temperature was 52.5°. The hottest days during the
Quarter were Saturday, May 21st, Sunday, June 19th, Thursday, June 16th,
and Wednesday, June 22nd, when the thermometer in the shade indicated
respectively, 85.4°, 83.2°, 86.2°, and 90.2°. The rain-fall in the corresponding
Quarter of 1869 was 4.22 inches, and the mean temperature of the
air was 55.1°. The highest reading of the thermometer in the shade was
88.6°