View report page

decline. The death referred to smallpox numbered
475, to measles 1,501, to scarlet fever 3,073, and to
whooping cough 3,438. The chief zymotic diseases
caused 170 in each 1,000 deaths. The general mortality
(22.2 per 1,000) was below the average. In the
West districts it was 19.9; in the North, 21.2 ; in the
Central, 23.2 ; in the East, 24.3 ; and in the South,
22.8. There died in 151 Public Institutions 14,730
persons; in 52 Workhouses, 9,059; and in 39 General
Hospitals, 4,435. Nearly one person in every nine
dies in a Workhouse, and nearly one in 18 in a Hospital.
Two deaths in every 11 occurred in a Public Institution
of some kind.
The Mean Temperature of the air was 49°.4, and
exceeded theaverage of 100 years by o°.8. In the first
quarter the excess was 1º.o. and in the third quarter
1°.7.
The Rainfall was 29.8 inches and exceeded the
average by 4.4 inches. Most rain fell in the months of
July, September, October and December.
SMALLPOX IN LONDON.
During the year 1880. the deaths from smallpox
in London numbered 4.75. In 142, or 29.9 per cent of
the fatal cases no information was supplied as to whether
the deceased had ever been vaccinated. In the remain-