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Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the
past Quarter, 953 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse ; including
1 of small pox, 2 of measles, 17 of scarlet-fever, 3 of hoopingcough,
20 of diarrhoea, 18 of febricula, 5 of fever, and 3 of erysipelas.
The number of cases of fever which were sent from this District to
the Hospital was 15, but no death is recorded among them. In the
corresponding Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper
cases of illness was 745 ; including 21 of small-pox, 2 of measles, 1 of
scarlatina, 5 of hooping-cough, 11 of diarrhoea, 29 of febricula, 2 of
fever, and 1 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness in the
Workhouse has been 766 ; including 3 of measles, 3 of hooping-cough,
8 of diarrhoea, 10 of erysipelas, and 11 of febricula. In addition to the
above cases there were 34 of syphilis ; thus making a total of 800.
During this Quarter it appears from the return of Mr. Ilott, the
resident Medical Officer of the Workhouse, that no case of fever has
been admitted into the Infirmary.
Uncertified Deaths.
There are no uncertified deaths recorded.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in
the Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 10.31 inches. During
the corresponding Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 12.43 inches.
The mean temperature of the air was 49.2°. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year it was 54.3°. The hottest days during the
Quarter were Tuesday, the 10th June, Saturday, the 14th June, and
Saturday, the 21st June, when the thermometer indicated respectively
71.2°, 72.7°, and 72.7°. The hottest day during the corresponding
Quarter of last year was Wednesday, the 26th June, when the thermometer
indicated 85.8°.
The rain-fall during this Quarter, although more continuous than
it was in the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, has not been
so heavy. The immense rain-fall in the weeks ended April 13th and
May 10th, 1878, did not occur during this Quarter.
Although the unusually cold and wet weather which has been experienced
in June and July of this year is most unpleasant, and has
caused great anxiety to farmers and market gardeners, it has nevertheless
been remarkably healthy, the death-rate being exceptionally low.
According to the report of the Registrar-General for the week ended