[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel].

  • Whitechapel (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1876
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    5 This difference is explained by the deaths in the London Hospital, in which Institution the deaths of children under 1 year are very few. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the rate of mortality of children under 1 year in the Spitalfields sub-District was 30.6 per cent.; in the Mile End New Town it was 17.8 per cent.; in the Whitechapel North 27.4 per cent.; in the Whitechapel Church 4.5 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields 25.8 per cent. Pauper Illness in the District. The Medical Officers of the Union have attended, during the past Quarter, 588 new cases of illness out of the Workhouse; including 8 of measles, 1 of scarlet-fever, 2 of hooping-cough, 15 of diarrhoea, 11 of fever, 27 of febricula, and 4 of erysipelas. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the number of pauper cases of illness was 895 ; including 8 of measles, 33 of scarlet-fever, 6 of hooping-cough, 12 of diarrhoea, 20 of fever, 32 of febricula, and 10 of erysipelas. The total number of cases of illness in the Workhouse has been 682; including 7 of measles, 1 of scarlet-fever, 2 of hooping-cough, 13 of diarrhoea, 11 of febricula, 15 of fever, 18 of erysipelas, and 37 of syphilis. Cases of Illness in the London Hospital of Persons belonging to this District. By the courtesy of the House Committee of the London Hospital I have been favoured with a return of all the patients belonging to this District who have been admitted into the London Hospital during this Quarter. The total number, including both medical and surgical cases, is 242 ; including 1 of typhus-fever, 2 of enteric-fever, 2 of diarrhoea, 9 of rheumatic fever, 2 of erysipelas, 5 of bronchitis, 3 of pneumonia and pleuritis, 10 of consump tion, 3 of lead poisoning, 1 of poisoning by ammonia, 3 of syphilis, 1 of Addi son's disease, and 21 of fractured bones. The case of typhus-fever was that of a nurse in the Hospital. She was sent to the Fever Hospital, and was discharged cured. Meteorology of Greenwich. Tho returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 7.50 inches. Of the 7.50 inches of rain which fell during this Quarter, 2.16 inches fell in the week ending October 23rd, and 1.92 inches in the week ending November 13th. 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 7.02 inches. The mean temperature of the air was 42.8°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year the mean temperature was 41.5°. The coldest days during the Quarter were Saturday, tho 4th December, Sunday, the 5th December, Monday, the