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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 289; which shows a rate of mortality
of 41.4 per cent, in relation to the total deaths, including those of
non-residents, and 44.1 per cent, to the total births. The rate of mortality
under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 19.0 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 1056 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 2 of
small-pox, 76 of measles, 18 of scarlet-fever, 9 of hooping-cough, 26 of
diarrhoea, 36 of febricula, 3 of fever, and 2 of erysipelas. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper cases of
illness was 877; including 5 of measles, 4 of scarlatina, 16 of diarrhoea,
11 of febricula, 9 of fever, and 7 of erysipelas. The total number of cases
of illness in the Workhouse has been 745; including 3 of measles, 10 of
diarrhoea, 8 of erysipelas, and 8 of febricula. In addition to the above
cases there were 45 of syphilis; thus making a total of 790.
During this Quarter, from the return of Mr. Ilott, the resident
Medical Officer of the Workhouse, it appears that one case of fever was
admitted into the Infirmary on the 28th November, from No. 25, Castle
Alley, Whitechapel.
Uncertified Deaths.
The uncertified deaths recorded during the Quarter were 6, viz.: 3 in
the Spitalfields sub-District, 1 in the Mile End New Town sub-District,
1 in the Whitechapel North sub-District, and 1 in the Whitechapel Church
sub-District.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 2.24 inches. During the corresponding
Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 6.05 inches. The mean
temperature of the air was 41.0°. In the corresponding Quarter of last
year it was 61.7°. The coldest days during the Quarter were Sunday,
December 7th, Tuesday, December 2nd, and Saturday, December 6th, when
the thermometer indicated respectively 13.7°, 14.1°, and 18.4°; or 18.3°,
17.9°, and 13.6° below the freezing point of water. The coldest day during
the corresponding Quarter of last year was Wednesday, the 25th December,
when the thermometer indicated 12.2°, or 19.8° below the freezing point
of water.