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The total deaths under 5 years are 168, which shows a rate of
mortality of 33.4 per cent, in relation to the total deaths, including
those of non-residents, and 27.0 per cent. to the total births. The
rate of mortality under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is 12.7
per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended during the past
Quarter 904 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse ; including
16 of small-pox, 16 of measles, 8 of scarlet-fever, 19 of diarrhœa, 36
of febricula, 6 of fever, and 10 of erysipelas. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper cases of illness
was 1056; including 2 of small-pox, 76 of measles, 18 of scarlatina,
9 of hooping-cough, 26 of diarrhœa, 36 of febricula, 3 of fever, and
2 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness in the Workhouse
has been 878 ; including 3 of measles, 1 of hooping-cough, 21
of diarrhoea, 2 of fever, 15 of erysipelas, and 8 of febricula. In
addition to the above cases, there were 52 of syphilis and gonorrhœa;
thus making a total of 930.
Uncertifred Deaths.
Two uncertified deaths are recorded during this Quarter; 1 in
Mile End New Town and 1 in the Whitechapel Church subDistrict.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in
the Metropolis during the Quarter has been 12.54 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
2.24 inches. The average annual rain-fall at Greenwich in 63 years was
25.4inches. The mean temperature of the air was 43°.7. Inthecorresponding
Quarter of last year it was 41°.0. The coldest days during
the Quarter were Tuesday, the 2nd November, Sunday, the 21st of
November, and Tuesday, the 9th November, when the thermometer
indicated respectively 25°.0, 25°.8, and 26°.5. The coldest day
during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Saturday, the
6th December, when the thermometer indicated 13°.7, or 18°.3 below
* In October, falls of rain exceeding one inch in 24 hours were of frequent
occurrence. Rain fell on every day from the 8th to the 26th November.