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Whitechapel Church sub-District by 119, but the deaths of the 106
non-residents in the London Hospital must be deducted from the
deaths in that Institution; the proportion of births to deaths is therefore
97 to 110.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 171; of these,
106 were of non-residents, 17 of residents, and 48 of persons who
either died suddenly or from the result of accident. The deaths of
persons who had resided in this District previous to their admission
into the London Hospital form but a very small proportion of the
total deaths in that Institution. Excluding the deaths caused by
accident (the previous residences of such persons not always being
given in the weekly returns), the proportion of deaths of residents is
only 10.0 per cent. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous
year the deaths in that Institution were 150.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 152. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year they were 108.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 50, viz.: 3 from small pox, 10 from measles, 7 from scarlet fever,
3 from diphtheria, 23 from hooping-cough, 2 from diarrhcea, and 2
from fever. One death from small-pox occurred in the Small-pox
Hospital belonging to the Asylums' Board, thus making the total
deaths from this disease 4. The prevalence of small-pox in London,
judged by returns from the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals, showed
a marked increase during this Quarter. The number of small-pox
cases under treatment in these hospitals, which was but 56 on the
3rd January, steadily increased to 172 on 3rd April.
The number of patients suffering from fever who were removed
from this District to the Asylums' Board Hospital was 11; six of these
patients were sent from the London Hospital, and were non-residents
in this District; no death occurred among the 11 patients sent to
the Fever Hospital from this District.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the deaths
from epidemic diseases were 38, viz.: 1 from measles, 3 from scarletfever,
2 from diphtheria, 23 from hooping-cough, 3 from diarrhoea,
and 6 from fever. No death from epidemic disease occurred in the
Asylum Hospitals of any person belonging to this District.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 132. This is
17.0 per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter
of the previous year it was 17.7 per cent. In the Spitalfields sub-