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asthma. Consumption was fatal to 77 persons. The deaths from other
tubercular diseases were 33; viz., 19 from mesenteric disease, 8 from tubercular
meningitis, 5 from hydrocephalus or water on the brain, and 1 from
scrofula.
Diseases of the organs of circulation were fatal to 54 persons; of these,
41 died from disease of the heart, 6 from aneurism, 1 from disease of the
arteries, and 6 from pericarditis.
The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 17 ; of these, 13
were caused by nephria or Bright's disease, 2 by diabetes, and 2 by other
diseases of the urinary organs.
Convulsions caused the deaths of 18 children.
There were 5 deaths from teething, and 21 from atrophy and debility.
The deaths from syphilis were 7 ; of these, 4 were of children under 1 year
of age.
Two deaths occurred from stricture of the urethra.
The death of 5 persons is recorded to have been accelerated by
destitution, 1 from excessive drinking, and 1 from a fall whilst drunk.
The death of 32 persons is attributed to old age: of these, 20 were
above 80 years of age; two of these, one a female and the other a male,
reached the advanced age of 96 and 95 years respectively, and 3 died from
premature decay under 64.
There were 41 deaths from mechanical violence,; of these, 5 were caused
by horses and vehicles in the streets.
Burns and scalds were fatal to 9 persons. Three persons were accidentally
drowned. Four persons committed suicide. Four children were
suffocated in bed.
Childbirth was fatal to 2 persons.
The number of inquests has been 96. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 7 5.
The deaths which have not been certified by a medical practitioner have
been 13 ; of these, 9 were recorded in the Spitalfields sub-district.
The mortality of children under five years of age was 170. This is 27.0
per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the previous
year the rate of mortality of children under 5 was 33.8 per cent, of the total
mortality. In the Artillery sub-district the rate is 40.0 per cent.; in the
Spitalfields, 44.9 per cent. ; in the Mile End New Town, 24.8 per cent ; in
the Whitechapel North, 43.7 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church, 13.4
per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 34.0 per cent.; and iu the Aldgate, 22.2
per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last quarter,
1387 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse, including 1 of measles, 2 of
scarlet-fever, 23 of hooping-cough, 16 of diarrhoea, 9' of fever, 78 of febricula,