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8
Medical Officer's Report.
PHTHISIS OR CONSUMPTION.
The number of deaths from phthisis during the year was 89, which is
equivalent to a death-rate of 2.99 per 1000, rather less than last year, when it
was 3.11. The corresponding rate for London was 1.82 per 1000, which is
rather more than for 1898, when the rate was 1.72.
The number of deaths from other tubercular diseases was 20.
The prevention of consumption and other tubercular diseases was considered
in my last annual report.
INFLUENZA.
Influenza was prevalent in the district during the year, the number of
deaths assigned to it was 21.
The number in London was 1817, the highest number recorded since
1895.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
During the year, the number of deaths from the principal zymotic
diseases was 64, the rate being 2.15 per 1000. The corresponding rate for
London was 2.46.
These rates are less than the corresponding rates for last year, and the
Holborn rate is less than that for London.

The number of deaths in London from these diseases have been for the
past four years:—