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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 30.6 per cent.;
in the Mile End New Town it was 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.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 588 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 8 of
measles, 1 of scarlet-fever, 2 of hooping-cough, 15 of diarrhoea, 11 of fever, 27
of febricula, and 4 of erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year the number of pauper cases of illness was 895 ; including 8 of
measles, 33 of scarlet-fever, 6 of hooping-cough, 12 of diarrhoea, 20 of fever,
32 of febricula, and 10 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness
in the Workhouse has been 682; including 7 of measles, 1 of scarlet-fever,
2 of hooping-cough, 13 of diarrhoea, 11 of febricula, 15 of fever, 18 of
erysipelas, and 37 of syphilis.
Cases of Illness in the London Hospital of Persons belonging
to this District.
By the courtesy of the House Committee of the London Hospital I have
been favoured with a return of all the patients belonging to this District
who have been admitted into the London Hospital during this Quarter. The
total number, including both medical and surgical cases, is 242 ; including 1
of typhus-fever, 2 of enteric-fever, 2 of diarrhoea, 9 of rheumatic fever, 2
of erysipelas, 5 of bronchitis, 3 of pneumonia and pleuritis, 10 of consumption,
3 of lead poisoning, 1 of poisoning by ammonia, 3 of syphilis, 1 of Addison's
disease, and 21 of fractured bones. The case of typhus-fever was that
of a nurse in the Hospital. She was sent to the Fever Hospital, and was
discharged cured.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
Tho returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 7.50 inches. Of the 7.50 inches of
rain which fell during this Quarter, 2.16 inches fell in the week ending
October 23rd, and 1.92 inches in the week ending November 13th. One
inch deep of rain-fall on an acre weighs (allowing 10-lbs to a gallon, which
is the weight of a gallon of distilled water) nearly 101 tons. During the
corresponding Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 7.02 inches. The mean
temperature of the air was 42.8°. In the corresponding Quarter of last
year the mean temperature was 41.5°. The coldest days during the Quarter
were Saturday, tho 4th December, Sunday, the 5th December, Monday, the