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deaths over births has therefore been, during this quarter, 56; but if we
deduct the deaths of the non-residents, which occurred in the London Hospital,
the births have exceeded the deaths by about 38. The returns of
deaths in the London Hospital not having been sent to me for this quarter, I am
obliged to make an approximation of the number of deaths of non-residents.
In the Artillery Sub-district, the births were 57, and the deaths 45;
in the Spitalfields, 117 and 79; in the Mile End New Town, 186 and 185;
in the Whitechapel North, 98 and 62; in the Whitechapel Church, 74 and
242 (in this Sub-district the London Hospital is situated); in the Goodman's
Fields, 92 and 58; and in the Aldgate, 51 and 60, The deaths have
exceeded the births in the Whitechapel Church and in the Aldgate Subdistricts.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year, embracing 14
weeks, the births were 719, and the deaths 732.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 199. In the corresponding
quarter (14 weeks) of the previous year, the deaths in this Institution
were 194.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 89, and in the corresponding
quarter of last year they were 99.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 88;
viz., 5 from measles, 59 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diphtheria, 1 from hooping-cough,
3 from diarrhœa, and 17 from fever. Five deaths of patients from
this District occurred in the Fever Hospital; thus making a total of 21
deaths from fever. There were no deaths from scarlet-fever or from smallpox,
of patients belonging to this District, in the Hospitals under the management
of the "Metropolitan Asylum District."
In the corresponding quarter (14 weeks) of the previous year, the
deaths from epidemic diseases were 128; viz., 37 from measles, 9 from
scarlet-fever, 15 from hooping-cough, 13 from diarrhœa, 11 from fever, and
2 from choleraic-diarrhœa.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under one year of age was 122. This is 167
per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the previous
year the rate of mortality of children under 1 was the same, viz., 46.7 per
cent. of the total mortality. In the Artillery sub-district the rate is 35.3
per cent.; in the Spitalfields, 27.8 per cent; in the Mile End New Town,
17.8 per cent.; in the Whitechapel North, 27.4 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
Church, 4.5 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 25.8 per cent.; and
in the Aldgate, 13.3 percent. In the Artillery Sub-district, the deaths under
1 year were 16, and the total deaths 45; while in the Whitechapel
Church Sub-district the deaths under 1 year were only 11, and the total
deaths 242. This difference is explained by the deaths in the London
Hospital, in which institution the deaths of children under 1 year are very
few.