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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 192; of these 149
were of non-residents in the District, 24 of residents, and 19 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
to non-residents in this Quarter is 16.1 per cent.
The deaths in the Workhouse Infirmary, Baker's Row, have been
76. In the corresponding Quarter of last year they were 80.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 79, viz.: 16 from measles, 5 from scarlet-fever, 5 from diphtheria,
14 from hooping-cough, 37 from diarrhœa, and 2 from fever. To this
number must be added 3 who died of small-pox in the Small-pox
Hospital, and 4 who died of fever in the Fever Hospital; thus
making a total of 3 deaths from small-pox, and 6 deaths from fever.
The deaths from epidemic diseases during this Quarter instead of
being 79 as recorded above are therefore 86. Nineteen patients suffering
from fever were sent from this District to the Fever Hospital, 8 of
whom were sent from the London Hospital and were non-resident in
the District.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year, the deaths
from epidemic diseases were 126; viz.: 10 from small-pox (including
7 which occurred in the Small-pox Hospital), 20 from measles, 12
from scarlet-fever, 2 from diphtheria, 14 from hooping-cough, 66 from
diarrhœa, and 9 from fever.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age is 118. This is
21.4 per cent. of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter
of the previous year it was 24 9 per cent. In the Spitalfields subDistrict
the rate is 39.7 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 20.0
percent.; in the Whitechapel North 34.4 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
Church 10.0 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields 36.3 percent.;
and in the Aldgate 28.5 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 total deaths under 5 years during the Quarter are 217,
which shows a rate of mortality of 39.4 per cent. in relation to the