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The deaths from tubercular diseases were 110; viz., 21 from mesenteric
disease, 2 from tubercular meningitis, 10 from hydrocephalus, or
water on the brain, 2 from scrofula, and 75 from consumption.
Diseases of the organs of circulution were fatal to 34 persons; of
these, 32 died from disease of the heart, 1 from aneurism, and 1 from
pericarditis.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 14; of these,
6 were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 1 by diabetes, 3 by nephritis,
1 by vesico vaginal fistula, and 3 by other diseases of the urinary organs.
Convulsions caused the deaths of 21 children.
There were 4 deaths from premature birth, 8 from teething, and 14
from atrophy and debility. The deaths from syphilis were 2: of these,
one was that of a child under 1 year of age.
Purpura was fatal to 2 persons, 1 died from privation, 1 from want
of breast milk, 3 from intemperance, and 1 from lead-poisoning.
The deaths of 24 persons are attributed to old age: of these 10 were
above 80 years of age ; two of these reached the advanced age of 94.
There were 24 deaths from mechanical violence: of these, 3 were
caused by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 6 persons.
Two persons were accidentally drowned.
One died from the effects of chloroform.
Seven children were suffocated in bed.
Four persons committed suicide.
The number of inquests has been 73. In the corresponding Quarter
of last year the number was 88.
Uncertifien Deaths.
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical
practitioner has been 7.
The mortality of children under 5 years of age was 211. This is 36.0
per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year the rate of mortality of children under 5 was 34.7 per cent.
of the total mortality. In the Artillery sub-District, the rate is 40.0 per
cent.; in the Spitalfields, 51.8 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town,
49.6 per cent.; in the Whitechapel, North, 56T per cent.; in the
Whitechapel Church, 12.5 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 54.0 per
cent.; and in the Aldgate, 46.8 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the Disteict.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last
Quarter, 2,657 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse, including 174
of small-pox, 101 of measles, 8 of scarlet-fever, 28 of hooping-cough, 83 of
diarrhoea, 29 of fever, and 14 of erysipelas. In the corresponding