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In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from epidemic
diseases were 64, viz., 3 from measles, 42 from scarlet fever, 3 from
hooping-cough, 13 from diarrhoea, and 3 from fever.
As I have not received the mortality returns from the local registrars
since October, 1874, I am unable to report, as formerly, the specific diseases
which have proved fatal to the inhabitants of this District. Neither am I
able to specify the localities in which deaths have occurred, nor the sudden
deaths, nor the deaths from accidents. I am also unable to report the proportionate
number of deaths of males to females, nor to record the ages at
death.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under one year of age was 117. This is
20.9 per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the
previous year the rate of mortality of children under 1 was 15.4 per
cent. of the total mortality. In the Spitalfields sub-district the rate is 38.6
per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 21.4 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
North 33.3 percent.; in the Whitechapel Church 6.7 per cent.; in the
Goodman's Fields 33.3 per cent. ; and in the Aldgate 21.0 per cent. In the
Goodman's Fields sub-district, the deaths under 1 year were 16, and the
total deaths 48; in the Whitechapel North sub-district the total deaths
were 39, and those under 1 year were 13; while in the Whitechapel Church
sub-district the deaths under 1 year were only 13, and the total deaths 191.
This difference is explained by the deaths in the London Hospital, in which
institution the deaths of children under 1 year are very few.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the rate of mortality
of children under 1 year in the Spitalfields sub-district was 20.2 per cent.;
in the Mile End New Town it was 15.8 per cent.; in the Whitechapel North
35.0 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 4.3 per cent.; in the Goodman's
Fields 22.2 per cent.; and in the Aldgate sub-district it was 17.3 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the last quarter,
580 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 7 of measles, 4 of
scarlet-fever, 21 of hooping-cough, 28 of diarrhœa,, 4 of fever, 22 of febricula,
and 6 of erysipelas. In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the
number of pauper cases of illness was 889, including 1 of small pox, 7 of
measles, 23 of scarlet-fever, 6 of hooping-cough, 21 of diarrhoea, 7 of fever,
and 76 of febricula. The total number of cases of illness in the Workhouse
has been 653, including 2 of measles, 1 of hooping-cough, 20 of diarrhoea, 16
of febricula, 2 of fever, 10 of erysipelas, 1 of pyfæmia, and 32 of syphilis.
Meteorology OF Greenwich.
The returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis during the quarter has been 6.23 inches. Of the 6.23 inches of
rain which fell during this quarter, 1.23 inches fell in the week ending April