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of erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the
number of pauper cases of illness was 444 ; including 18 of small-pox, 13
of measles, 2 of hooping-cough, 4 of diarrhoea, 12 of febricula, 12 of
fever, and 4 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness in the
Workhouse has been . 749; including 2 of hooping-cough, 9 of diarrhœa
12 of erysipelas, and 8 of febricula. In addition to the above cases there
were 41 of syphilis; thus making a total of 790.
Patients from this District who have been admitted into the
Medical "Wards of the London Hospital.
The number of patients who have been admitted into the Medical
Wards of the London Hospital for the quarter ended December 28th, 1878,
has been 70 (including 5 who were suffering from zymotic diseases), of
which number 34 were males and 36 females. The deaths were 9 ; of these
6 were of males and 3 of females. Included in the total number were 14
children.
Uncertified Deaths.
The total number of uncertified deaths in this District for the year
ended 28th Dec., 1878, was 23 or 0.94 per cent.; the total deaths being
2,430. Of these, G were in the Spitalfields Sub-district; 9 in the Mile End
New Town; 2 in the Whitechapel North; 4 in the Goodman's Fields; and
2 in the Aldgate Sub-district.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the Metropolis,
during the Quarter, has been 6.05 inches. 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 6.73 inches. The mean temperature of the
air was 61.7°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year it was 45.0°.
The coldest days during the Quarter were Sunday, the 15th December,
Tuesday, the 24th December, and Wednesday, the 25th December, when
the thermometer indicated respectively 21.3°, 13.4°, and 12.2°. The coldest
day during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Thursday, the
18th October, when the thermometer indicated 28.2°, and the lowest
temperature on any day in December was 28.9°. The mean temperature
of the air in December, 1877, varied during each week from 37.8° to 43.4°,
while in each week for December, 1878, it varied from 28.4° to 36.3°