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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 174 ; of these
126 were of non-residents, 16 of residents, and 32 of persons who either
died suddenly or from the result of accident. The deaths of persons
who 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 persons so dying not always being given in
the weekly returns), the proportion of deaths of residents in this
Quarter is 18.3 per cent. In the last Quarter ended 1st January,
the proportion of deaths of residents to non-residents was 15.3 per cent.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 102. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year they were 152.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire district have
been 58; viz.: *5 from small-pox, to which must be added 9 deaths
which occurred in the Small-pox Hospitals, thus making 14 deaths
from small-pox; 33 from measles, 5 from scarlet-fever, 2 from diphtheria,
4 from hooping-cough, 1 from diarrhcea and 8 from fever; no
deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital of patients removed
from this District.
The number of patients suffering from small-pox and from fever,
who were removed from this District to the Asylum Hospitals, will
be seen on page 7.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths
from epidemic diseases were 50; viz.: 3 from small-pox, 10 from
measles, 7 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diphtheria, 23 from hoopingcough,
2 from diarrhoea, and 2 from fever.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age was 86. This is
13.4 per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter
of the previous year it was 17.0 per cent. In the Spitalfields subDistrict
the rate is 18.0 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 12.7
percent.; in the Whitechapel North 26.0 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
Church 6.7 percent.; in the Goodman's Fields 29.5 per cent.;
and in the Aldgate 7.4 per cent. The difference of 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 residences of these 5 persons were as follows:—80, Pelham Street; 17,
Swan Court, Whitechapel; 10, White's Row, Whitechapel; and 2 died in the London
Hospital, both of whom were non-residents, one of whom resided in Lombard Street,
City, and the other in John Street, Bethnal Green,