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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 168. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the deaths in this Institution
were 204.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 97. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year they were 61.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 42; viz.: 13 from measles, 5 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diphtheria, 5
from hooping-cough, 5 from diarrhoea, and 11 from fever.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 48; viz.: 3 from small-pox, 10 from measles, 8
from scarlet-fever, 4 from hooping-cough, 12 from diarrhoea, and 11 from
fever. Threa deaths from small-pox occurred in the Small-pox Hospital.
No deaths occurred in the Fever Hospital. The total deaths from
epidemic diseases were therefore 51.
Mortality of Young Childben.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 104. This is 17.5
per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous
year it was 19.7 per cent. In the Spitalfields sub-District the rate is
29.0 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 15.3 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
North 39.5 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 3.3 per cent.; in
the Goodman's Fields 47.5 per cent.; and in the Aldgate 11.1 per cent.
The difference in the rate of mortality of young children in the Mile End
New Town and Whitechapel Church sub-Districts is thus explained:—in
the former the Workhouse is situated, and in the latter the London
Hospital; in both these institutions the children under 1 year bear only a
small proportion to the adults.
The total deaths under 5 years are 176; which shows a rate of mortality
of 29.6 per cent. in relation to the total deaths, including those of
non-residents, and 27.5 per cent. to the total births. The rate of mortality
under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 16.3 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 877 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 5 of
measles, 4 of scarlet-fever, 16 of diarrhoea, 11 of febricula, 9 of fever, and 7