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prevalent in many parts of the country during the preceding night. Mr.
E. J. Lowe, a celebrated meteorologist, writing on December 25th to the
'Times,' from his observatory at Boston, near Nottingham, says:—'This
morning the temperature at four feet above the ground was 8° below zero,
and on the grass, 13.8° below zero; or 45.8° of frost.'"
Pauper Illness in the Disteict.
The number of out-door sick paupers, who have been attended by the
Medical Officers of the Union, has been 3107. During the previous year
the number was 2060. The extraordinary annual diminution of the outdoor
sick paupers,from upwards of 17,000, in the years 1867 and 1868, to
2060 in 1877, is a matter of great satisfaction to the rate-payers of this
District.
Illness in the Workhouse.
The cases of illness in the Workhouse during the year have been
3415, including 141 cases syphilis, and 12 of lead poisoning.
In the Registrar General's Weekly Returns of Births and Deaths for
the week ended 4th January, 1879, it is stated that during the two years
1877 and 1878, the fatal cases of small pox registered in London were
3960, of which 2544 were recorded in 1877, and 1416 in 1878. The
annual death rate from small pox in the two years, was equal to 55 per
100,000 of the estimated population; after distributing the fatal Hospital
cases, in accordance with the previous residences of the deceased patients,
the death rate from small pox was equal to 25 per 100,000 in the
Central, 37 in the West, 53 in the North, 60 in the South, and 79 in the
East groups of Registration Districts.
From the following Table it will be seen that a large amount of
sanitary work has been accomplished during the year:—