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cases which have occurred in the District; for tbe Sanitary Officers have
received information of 10 cases which were attended by private medical
practitioners; and it appears from the returns which have been kindly sent
to me by Mr. vallance, that 39 patients were removed to the Metropolitan
Small Pox Hospital during this Quarter from the District, of which
number 6 died. Two patients, suffering from fever, were sent to the
Metropolitan Fever Hospital during the same period, of whom 1 died.
All the rooms in which patients have suffered, either from fever,
scarlet-fever, and small-pox, which were reported to the Sanitary Officers,
have been disinfected.
Water Supply.
Lieut.-Col. Bolton, in his Report of the examination made of the
water supplied by the Metropolitan Water Companies, during the month of
June, 1877, states that—
"The East London Company have already completed the extension of
the constant system of supply in a large part of their district, the whole of
which is being brought, section by section, under constant supply.
"On and after the 1st day of December, 1877, it is proposed to give a
constant supply in and throughout that area which is contained within
imaginary lines drawn on the north-western side thereof, along the centre of
the Whitechapel High Street and of Whitechapel Road; on the southern
side thereof, along the centre of Commercial Road East; and on the eastern
side thereof, along the centre of Turner Street, for the whole length of this
area, situate within the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, the Hamlet of
Mile End Old Town, and in the Parish of St. George in the East; and
"On and after the 1st day of January, 1878, in and throughout the
area, along the centre of Turner Street, on the northern side thereof, along
the centre of Whitechapel and Mile End Roads."
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 5.26 inches. Of the 5.26 inches
of rain which fell during this Quarter, 2.58 inches fell in the two weeks
ending August 14. 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
3.48 inches. The mean temperature of the air was 51.8, and in the corresponding
Quarter of last year it was 51.8. The hottest days during the
Quarter were Tuesday, the 19th June, Monday, the 11th June, and Friday,
the 29th June, when the thermometer indicated respectively 84.4°, 83.7°,
and 85.1°. The hottest day during the corresponding Quarter of last year
was on Wednesday, the 21st June, when the thermometer indicated 83.9.