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The deaths in the London Hospital have been 195 ; of these 141
were of non-residents in the District, 26 of residents, and 28 of persons
who either died suddenly or from the result of accident. The deaths
of persons who resided in the 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 18.4 per cent.
The deaths in the Workhouse Infirmary, Baker's Row, have
been 58. In the corresponding Quarter of last year they were 76.
Four deaths occurred in the Metropolitan Free Hospital, which
is situated in the Spitalfields sub-District; 1 was a resident, and 3
were non-residents.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 95, viz.: 1 from small-pox, 25 from measles, 9 from scarlet fever,
3 from diphtheria, 3 from hooping-cough, 46 from diarrhoea, and 8
from fever. To this number must be added 1 who died at the Small
Pox Hospital; thus making a total of 96 deaths from epidemic
diseases.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths
from epidemic diseases were 79, viz.: 16 from measles, 5 from scarlet
fever, 5 from diphtheria, 14 from hooping-cough, 37 from diarrhoea, and
2 from fever. To this number must be added 3 who died of smallpox
in the Small Pox Hospital, and 4 who died of fever in the Fever
Hospital.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under one year of age is 117. This is
21.9 per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter
of the previous year it was 21.4 per cent. In the Spitalfields subDistrict
the rate is 29.3 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 34.8
per cent.; in the Whitechapel North 43.2 per cent. ; in the Whitechapel
Church 6.3 per cent. ; in the Goodman's Fields 28.9 percent.;
and in the Aldgate 25.9 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,