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Rate of Mortality.
The rate of mortality in the entire District, based on the population
according to the present census, which is less by 5,297 than
in 1871, is, deducting as usual the deaths of the non-residents, 23.9
per 1,000. The population in 1871 was 76,573, and is now only 71,276.
The total deaths under 5 years are 185, which shows a rate of
mortality of 28.9 per cent, in relation to the total deaths, including
those of non-residents, and 26.6 per cent, to the total births. The
rate ol mortality under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 12.3
per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended during the past
Quarter 1246 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including
46 of small-pox, 85 of measles, 3 of scarlet-fever, 6 of diarrhoea, 17
of febricula, and 5 of erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year the number of pauper cases of illness was 1175;
including 6 of small-pox, 14 of measles, 4 of scarlatina, 5 of hoopingcough,
9 of diarrhoea, 28 of febricula, 1 of fever, and 4 of erysipelas.
The total number of cases of illness in the Workhouse has been 1025 ;
including 1 of small-pox, 15 of diarrhoea, 8 of erysipelas, 1 of puerperal
fever, and 10 of febricula. In addition to the above cases, there
were 42 of syphilis and gonorrhoea ; thus making a total of 1067.
Uncertified Deaths.
Five uncertified deaths are recorded during this Quarter; 1 in
Mile End New Town sub-District, 2 in the Whitechapel North subDistrict,
and 2 in the Aldgate sub-District.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in
the Metropolis during the Quarter has been 5.43 inches. One inch
deep of rain-fall on an acre weighs (allowing 10-lbs. to a gallon,
which is the weight of a gallon of distilled water) nearly 101 tons.
During the corresponding Quarter of last year the rain-fall was 4.05
inches. The average annual rain-fall at Greenwich in 63 years was
25.4 inches. The mean temperature of the air was 37°4. In the
corresponding Quarter of last year it was 40°0. The coldest days
during the Quarter were Monday, the 17th January, Wednesday, the
26th January, Saturday, the 15th January, and Thursday, the 20th
January, when the thermometer indicated respectively 12Q7, 13°2,
]4°2, and 14Q4. The coldest day during the corresponding Quarter