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total deaths, including those of non-residents, and 36.7 per cent. to
the total births. The rate of mortality under 1 year, in relation to
the total births, is 20.0 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 780 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 5
of small-pox, 19 of measles, 7 of scarlatina, 15 of hooping-cough, 30
of diarrhœa, 2 of fever, 33 of febricula, and 9 of erysipelas. In the
corresponding Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper
cases of illness was 910; including 21 of small-pox, 25 of measles, 7
of hooping-cough, 55 of diarrhœa, 1 of choleraic-diarrhœa, 32 of
febricula, and 11 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness
in the Workhouse has been 809; including 2 of small-pox, 1 of
measles, 2 of scarlatina, 1 of hooping-cough, 27 of diarrhœa, 8 of
fever, 3 of erysipelas, and 17 of febricula. In addition to the above
cases, there were 24 of syphilis and gonorrhoea; thus making a total
of 833.
Uncertified Deaths.
Three uncertified deaths are recorded during the Quarter. One
is returned in the Whitechapel North sub-District, 1 in the Goodman's
Fields sub-District, and 1 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 6.00 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 8.9
inches. The mean temperature of the air was 59.2°. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year it was 59.7°. The hottest days during
the Quarter were Wednesday, the 2nd August, Saturday, the 12th
August, and Sunday, the 6th August, when the thermometer indicated
respectively 80.0°, 80.6°, and 81.0°. The hottest days during the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year were Monday, the 18th July,
Friday, the 15th July, and Tuesday, the 5th July, when the thermometer
indicated respectively 96.2°, 97.1°, and 92.8°.
The hottest mean temperature during any week in the Quarter
was that which ended Saturday, August 5th, when the thermometer
indicated 62.5°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year the
highest mean temperature in any week was in that which ended
July 16th, when it was 70.1°.
The results of the meterological observation are to be understood
as applying to the civil day, or from midnight to midnight.