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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 150. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the deaths in this Institution
were 177.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 92. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year they were 100.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 52 ; viz.: 10 from measles, 11 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diphtheria,
19 from hooping-cough, 5 from diarrhoea, and 4 from fever.
Two deaths from small-pox, however, occurred in the Hospital, but
neither of these were of persons strictly belonging to this District.
One of these patients was a child in arms, who had been brought
from Hamburgh, and when landed at St. Katharine's Wharf was
suffering from a severe form of confluent small pox. The other death
was that of a patient (residence not known) who was sent from the
London Hospital.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the deaths
from epidemic diseases were 50, viz.: 3 from small pox, 5 from
measles, 4 from scarlet-fever, 1 from diphtheria, 24 from hoopingcough,
8 from diarrhoea, and 5 from fever. Four deaths from smallpox
occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, and 3 deaths occurred in the
Fever Hospital. The total deaths from epidemic diseases were
therefore 57.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 94. This is
17.9 per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter
of the previous year it was 16.8 per cent. In the Spitalfields subDistrict
the rate is 22.7 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 15.3
percent.; in the Whitechapel North 27.9 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
Church 7.7 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields 34.2 per cent.;
and in the Aldgate 29.0 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 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 189 ; which shows a rate of
mortality of 34.3 per cent. in relation to the total deaths, including
those of non-residents, and 27.2 per cent. to the total births. The
rate of mortality under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 14.4
per cent.