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One person died from the effects of burn.
The deaths from mechanical violence and from burns were for the corresponding
quarter of last year, 28 and 8 respectively.
A labourer, aged 29, died from sun-stroke on the 16th September.
In the corresponding quarter of last year, 2 children died from sun
stroke, aged respectively 6 and 2½ years.
A man, non-resident, aged 24, died in the London Hospital from necrosis
(diseased bone) caused by the poisonous vapour of phosphorus given off in
the process of lucifer-match making.
Three persons were drowned. One child was suffocated in bed.
In the corresponding quarter of last year 6 children were suffocated in bed.
One death is recorded by manslaughter.
The number of inquests has been 65. In the corresponding quarter of
last year the number was 84.
Uncertified Deaths.
The deaths which have not been certified by a medical practitioner have
been 20 ; of these, 17 are recorded in the Spitalfields sub-district.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under five years of age was 269. This is 46 9
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 62.5 per cent.; in the
Spitalfields, 68.7 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town, 48.8 per cent.; in
the Whitechapel North, 67.8 percent.; in the Whitechapel Church, 16.0
per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 72.4 per cent.; and in the Aldgate, 48.9
per cent.
Palter Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the quarter,
1110 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 24 of measles,
10 of scarlet-fever, 13 of hooping-cough, 160 of diarrhœa,79 of febricula,
45 of fever, 2 of choleraic diarrhœa and 5 of erysipelas. In the corresponding
quarter of the previous year the number of pauper cases of illness
was 1227; including 5 of small-pox, 13 of measles, 5 of scarlet-fever, 9 of
hooping-cough, 189 of diarrhoea, 87 of febricula, 5 of fever, 3 of choleraic
diarrhcea, 1 of pyaemia, and 16 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of
illness in the Workhouse has been 554; including 12 of hooping-cough, 48
of diarrhoea, 28 of febricula, 2 of fever, 49 of rheumatic fever, and 10 of
erysipelas. In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the total number
of cases in the 'Workhouse was 375; including 1 of fever, 18 of diarrhœa,
26 of febricula, 1 of carbuncle, 30 of rheumatic fever, and 8 of erysipelas.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis during the quarter has been 7.41 inches. During the corresponding
quarter of last year the rain-fall was 6.39 inches. The mean