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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 163. In the corresponding
quarter of the previous year the deaths in this Institution were
153.
The deaths in the "Workhouse have been 62. In the corresponding
quarter of last year they were 48.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 98 ;
viz., 10 from measles, 7 from scarlet fever, 3 from diphtheria, 15 from
hooping cough, 57 from diarrhosa, and 6 from fever. One death of a patient
from this District occurred in the District Fever Hospital; thus making
a total of 7 deaths from fever.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from epidemio
diseases were 167, viz.; 1 from small-pox, 4 from measles, 78 from
scarlet fever, 1 from diphtheria, 3 from hooping-cough, 59 from diarrhoea,
18 from fever, and 3 from choleraic-diarrhoea.
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 149. This is
26.2 per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the
previous year the rate of mortality of children under 1 was 22.7 per
cent. of the total mortality. In the Spitalfields sub-district the rate is 40.2
per cent. ; in the Mile End New Town 28.0 per cent.; in the AVhitchapcl
North 52.0 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 6.7 per cent; in the
Goodman's Fields 51.0 per cent.; and in the Aldgate 24.5 per cent. In the
Goodman's Fields sub-district, the deaths under 1 year were 25, and the
total deaths 49; in the Whitechapel North sub-district the total deaths
were 46, and those under 1 year were 23; while in the Whitechapel Church
sub-district the deaths under 1 year were only 13, and the total deaths 192.
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 29.3 per cent. ;
in the Mile End New Town it was 24.8 per cent.; in the Whitechapel North
24.4 per cent. ; in the Whitechapel Church 8.1 per cent. ; in the Goodman's
Fields 28.3 per cent.; and in the Aldgate sub-district it was 25.8 per cent.