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Three persons died from intemperance.
Six children were suffocated in bed.
One person committed suicide.
A hoy aged 13 died from shock caused by immersion in potash water used
in the process of candle making.
The number of inquests has been 84. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 58.
While it is satisfactory to note that the deaths from zymotic diseases are
twenty-eight less than in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, yet,
as there is an increase in the number of deaths from diseases of the organs of
circulation—from the urinary organs—from the respiratory organs—from
atrophy and debility—and from violence, the total mortality, as compared
with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, is greater by 96.
Uncertified Deaths.
The number of deaths which have not been certified by a medical practitioner
has been 21 ; 15 of which are recorded in the Spitalfields sub-district.
Hoetality of Young Childeen.
The mortality of children under five years of age is 304. This is 45.3
per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the previous
year the rate of mortality of children under 5 years was 47.9 per cent, of the
total mortality. In the Artillery sub-district the rate is 55.5 per cent.; in the
Spitalfields, 70.3 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town, 51.6 per cent.; in
the "Whitechapel North, 58.8 per cent.; in the "Whitechapel Church, 17.0 per
cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 73.3 per cent.; and in the Aldgate, 52.0 per
cent.
Padpee Illness in the Disteict.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 1227 new cases of illness out of the "Workhouse, including 5 of
small-pox, 13 of measles, 5 of scarlet-fever, 9 of hooping-cough, 189 of
diarrhoea, 5 of fever, 3 of choleraic-diarrhoea, 87 of febricula, and 16 of
erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the number
of pauper cases of illness was 2144, including 41 of small-pox, 22 of measles,
8 of scarlet-fever, 58 of hooping-cough, 368 of diarrhoea, 2 of choleraicdiarrhoea,
66 of' fever, and 8 of erysipelas. The return of cases of epidemic
diseases in the "Workhouse as furnished by Mr. Ilott, are as follows, viz., 18
of diarrhoea, 1 of fever, 26 of febricula, 8 of erysipelas, and 1 of carbuncle.
The total cases of sickness in the Workhouse were 375.
The return of sickness among the pauper population still continues to
he very satisfactory, when compared with previous returns.