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chapel Church sub-District by 158, but the deaths of the 111 nonresidents
in the London Hospital must be deducted. The proportion
of births to deaths is therefore 54 to 101.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 179 ; of these 111
were of non-residents in the District, 28 of residents, and 40 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 25.2 per cent.
The proportion of deaths of residents to non-residents for the six
years ended December, 1883, is 14.1 per cent.
The deaths in the Workhouse Infirmary, Baker's Row, have been
67. In the corresponding Quarter of last year they were 102.
One death occurred in the Metropolitan Free Hospital, which
is situated in the Spitalfields sub-District, and was of a resident in the
Whitechapel District.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have
been 34, viz.: 2 from measles, 3 from scarlet fever, 5 from diphtheria,
4 from hooping-cough, 8 from diarrhoea, and 12 from fever. To this
number must be added 1 who died at the Small-pox Hospital ; thus
making a total of 35 deaths from epidemic diseases.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 59, viz.: 22 from measles, 11 from scarlet fever,
3 from diphtheria. 2 from hooping-cough, 5 from diarrhoea, and 1G
from fever. To this number must be added 1 who died of small-pox
in the Small-pox Hospital; thus making a total of 60 deaths from
epidemic diseases.
Mortality of Young Children.
The mortality of children under 1 year of age is 91. This is 17'8
per cent, of the total mortality. In the corresponding Quarter of the
previous year it was 15T per cent. In the Spitalfields sub-District
the rate is 34.2 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town 17'0 per cent.;
in the Whitechapel North 22.8 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church
8.9 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields 16.6 per cent.; and in the