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London during 1900 numbered 1,950, which is the highest number
recorded since 1895.
Phthisis.—The deaths from Consumption numbered 69, and show a
fall on those reported for the preceding year, when they numbered 81.
The Phthisis death rate is stated by the Registrar-General to be l.75
per 1,000 for 1900, for the Metropolis, as compared with a rate of 1.77
and 1.88 in the two preceding years. The death rate ranged from 0.85
in Hampstead, to 2.85 in Holborn, and even 3.26 in St. George-theMartyr
in Southwark.
Measles was the cause of 21 deaths, against 22 for 1899, and was
epidemic up to August, when the disease passed over.
Whooping Cough caused 9 deaths, against 11 for the preceding year.
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.—The total number of cases registered was
49, against 41 for 1899, and 49 for 1898. Of the 9 deaths from
this cause, 5 took place in the Borough and 4 in places outside our
borders.
Diarrhœa was returned as the cause of 22 deaths, against 39 for the
preceding year, and most of these occurred in the summer and autumn
quarters. The relation of the diarrhœal death rate, to the condition of a
district with respect to its scavengering has been pointed out, it having
been noticed that where the streets are kept well cleansed and the house
refuse is promptly removed, the diarrhœal death rate is low.
Erysipelas.—49 cases of this disease were registered during the year,
attended by one fatal result.
Ambulance Service.—The Metropolitan Asylums Board, under the
powers conferred upon them by Sec. 6 of the Poor Law Act, 1889, now
allow their Ambulances to be used for the removal of persons suffering
from infectious diseases, to places other than the Board's hospitals.
The charge to be made for each conveyance is 5s., but this charge may
be remitted when deemed necessary by the Ambulance Committee. The
practice of knowingly making use of a public vehicle, cab, omnibus, or
railway carriage, for the conveyance of any person suffering from a