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In the Spitalfields sub-District the births were 235 and the deaths 124 ;
in the Mile End New Town 214 and the deaths 183 ; in the Whitechapel
North 97 and the deaths 65 ; in the Whitechapel Church 74 and the deaths
191 (in this sub-District the London Hospital is situated); in the Goodman's
Fields 90 and the deaths 47 ; and in the Aldgate 43 and the deaths
37. The deaths have exceeded the births in the Whitechapel Church
District by 117, but from this number the deaths of the 108 non-residents
must be deducted ; the proportion of births to deaths is therefore 74 to 83.
The total deaths in the London Hospital have been 150. In the
corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths in this Institution
were 175.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 108. In the corresponding
quarter of last year they were 79. A shoemaker died in the Workhouse
whose age was stated to be 102 years.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been
38 ; viz.: 1 from measles, 3 from scarlet-fever, 2 from diphtheria, 23 from
hooping-cough, 3 from diarrhoea, and 6 from fever.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 73 ; viz.: 7 from small-pox, 9 from measles, 6 from
scarlet-fever, 2 from diphtheria, 35 from hooping-cough, 5 from diarrhoea,
and 9 from fever.
There were 257 persons killed in the streets of London in 1878 by
horses, carriages, vans, waggons, omnibuses, tram-cars and cabs ; 73 were
killed by vans and waggons, 63 by carts and 34 by cabs, and the remaining
87 by other vehicles and by horses.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 115. This is 17.7
per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding quarter of the
previous year it was 18.4 per cent. In the Spitalfields sub-District the rate
is 28.2 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 14.2 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
North 32.3 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 7.8 per cent.; in
the Goodman's Fields 23.4 per cent.; and in the Aldgate 16.2 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 209 ; which shows a rate of mortality
of 32.3 per cent. in relation to the total deaths, including those of
non-residents, and 27.7 per cent. to the total births. The rate of mortality
under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 15.2 per cent.