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The deaths of 27 persons are attributed to age, and 4 deaths of persons
under the age of 70 are thus registered, " premature decay."
The deaths of persons above 80 years of age, were 17; 2 of whom
reached the age 90 and 91 years respectively, and one the advanced
age of 93.
There were 26 deaths from mechanical violence: of these, 4 were
caused by vehicles in the streets. Burns and scalds were fatal to 12
persons.
The deaths of 9 persons are returned as " not certified." Two of
these occurred in the London Hospital, but in each of these cases a post
•mortem examination of the body was refused.
Four children were suffocated in bed.
The number of inquests has been 82. In the corresponding quarter
of last year, the number was 84.
The mortality of children, under 5 years of age, has been 252 ; this is
34.9 per cent, of the total deaths ; but in the Spitalfields sub-District the
rate of mortality of children under 5 to the total deaths, was 60.9
per cent.
PAUPEE ILLNESS IN THE DISTRICT.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last
fourteen weeks, 3,885 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse, including
2 of small-pox, 30 of measles, 37 of scarlet-fever, 71 of hooping-cough,
105 of diarrhoea, 137 of fever, and 25 of erysipelas. In the corresponding
quarter (13 weeks) of the previous year, the number of pauper cases of
illness was 4,498, including 52 of small-pox, 88 of measles, 7 of scarlet
fever, 34 of hooping-cough, 121 of diarrhoea, 199 of fever, and 17 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 OF GREENWICH.
The returns of the Registrar General show that the rain-fall in the
metropolis, during the quarter, has been 8.02 inches. During the corresponding
quarter of last year the rain-fall was 6.52 inches. The mean
temperature of the air was 41.3°. The lowest temperature was on Sunday,
the 24th January, when the thermometer indicated 26.3°, or 5.7° below
the freezing point. The highest temperatures were on Thursday, the 28th
January, when the thermometer stood at 54.0°, and on Thursday, the 11th
February, when it indicated 56.2°.