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Ihe total deaths under 5 years during the Quarter are 218, which
shows a rate of mortality of 40.8 per cent, in relation to the total deaths,
including those of non-residents, and 36.9 per cent, to the total births.
The rate of mortality under 1 year, in relation to the total births, is
18.8 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past
Quarter, 718 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 1
of small pox, 30 of measles, 9 of scarlatina, 1 of hooping-cough, 31 of
diarrhcea, 48 of fever, 9 of febricula, and 2 of erysipelas. In the
corresponding Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper
cases of illness was 780 ; including 5 of small-pox, 19 of measles,
7 of scarlatina, 15 of hooping-cough, 30 of diarrhoea, 2 of fever, 33 of
febricula, and 9 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness
in the Workhouse has been 721; including 22 of diarrhoea, 7 of
erysipelas, and 1 of febricula. In addition to the above cases there
were 30 of syphilis and gonorrhoea ; thus making a total of 751.
Uncertified Deaths.
One uncertified death is recorded during the Quarter, which is
returned in the Spitalfields sub-Distxidt.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in
the Metropolis during the Quarter has been 6.27 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 6.00
inches. The mean temperature of the air was 59.6. In the corresponding
Quarter of last year it was 59.2. The hottest days during
the Quarter were Monday, 13th August, Monday, 20th August, and
Tuesday, 21st August, when the thermometer indicated respectively
83.3°, 81.9°, and 85.1°. The highest mean weekly temperature was
for the week ended 25th August, 78.9° ; last year it was
74.1°. The hottest days during the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year were Wednesday, 2nd August, Saturday, 12th August,
and Sunday, 6th August, when the thermometer indicated respectively
80.0°, 80.6°, and 81.0°.
The results of the meteorological observations are to be understood
as applying to the civil day, or from midnight to midnight.