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deaths occurred. In the City of London Hospital the Inpatients
amounted to 363, and the Out-Patients to 7725;
whereof the mortality was 34. Sub-divided into Out and
In-door cases, the Pauper Practice comprised 635 in District
1, 1241 in District 2, 881 in District 3, 1438 in District 4,
1475 in District 5, and 1075 within the House. Measured
by the years 1857—59, the numbers are 27 short of 1857;
599 fewer than in 1858, but 235 higher than in 1859.
Against the cases there rate 511 Deaths, or 1 to 13. For
1857 the Pauper mortality was 448; for 1858, 539; and for
1859, 441; or of the Deaths to Cases as 1 in 15, 1 in 13.6,
and 1 in 14.7. Small Pox, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea
were the ruling Epidemics in Sub-division 5, Measles and
Scarlatina in Sub-division 4, and Fever in Sub-division 2.
Erysipelas predominated in No. 3, Pulmonary Inflammations
and Rheumatic Fever in Nos. 4 and 5.
Among the Hygienic Improvements of 1860, the fulfilment
of the following Order in Council will be highly advantageous:—
Order 3.—"Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green. That the
coffins contained in the vaults beneath the Church of Saint
Matthew, Bethnal Green, if required in the restoration of
the Church, be re-arranged; that the vaults be filled up
with earth, and covered with a layer of concrete three feet
thick, and that the remaining part of the area of the Church
be covered with a layer of concrete two feet thick; and that
the works, so far as regards the protection of health, be superintended
by the Medical Officer of Health of the District, and
that Chlorine, McDougall's Powder, or other Disinfectants
be used whenever necessary."
These works, completed under the supervision of the
Churchwardens, render it impossible for any effluvia ever
again to enter the Church.