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viz.:—1 from 53, Queen Ann Street; 3 from 2, Angel Alley; and 1 from
47, Queen Ann Street.
In the week ended July 19th, the Registrar-General reports that "the
fatal cases of fever in London, which had been 19, 11, and 12 in the three
preceding weeks, further declined to 5 last week, and were no less than 23
below the corrected average; so few deaths from fever have not been
registered in London in any week since 1840, when the Eegistrar-General's
weekly returns were first published. The five deaths referred to fever last
week were all certified as typhoid or enteric."
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 104, viz.: 1 from smallpox, 5 from measles, 3 from
scarlet-fever, 20 from hooping-cough, 71 from diarrhoea, and 4 from fever.
Two deaths from small pox occurred in the Small Pox Hospital. The total
deaths from epidemic diseases were therefore 106.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 120. This is 22.5
per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous
year it was 25.2 per cent. In the Spitalfields sub-District the rate is
27.2 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 27.6 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
North 31.3 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 5.3 per cent.; in
the Goodman's Fields 32.5 per cent.; and in the Aldgate 35.2 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 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 237; which shows a rate of mortality
of 44.5 per cent, in relation to the total deaths, including those of
non-residents, and 35.7 per cent, to the total births. The rate of mortality
under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 18.2 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 867 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 7 of
small pox (all of which occurred in Mr. Braye's District, viz., 3 in Queen
Ann Street, 1 in Little North Street, 1 in Hope Street, and 2 in Angel
Alley), 35 of measles, 31 of scarlet-fever, 11 of hooping-cough; 38 of
diarrhoea, 28 of febricula, 4 of fever, and 2 of erysipelas. In the