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there were only 21 deaths per hundred of children under 5,
while in the sub-district of Comberwell there were 42, in
that of Peckham 43, and in St. George's 49.
95 deaths were attributed to accidental or other violence,
of which 19 were of parishioners outside the boundaries of
the Parish. Deaths from this cause were less numerous in
1887 than in 1886 by 18.
340 deaths are placed under the heading of premature
birth or defective vitality, against 365 in the previous year.
To childbirth 34 deaths are ascribed. In 1886 there
were only 24.
Inflammatory affections of the lungs caused 751 deaths,
of which 361, or nearly half, were of children under five
years of age. Of these, 231 occurred in the first quarter of
the year, 191 in the second, 96 in the third, and 233 in the
last. 819 deaths were ascribed to this cause in 1886.
Diarrhœal affections were fatal in 239 instances, 219
times in children under five, and 20 in persons above that
age. This mortality as usual was largest in the third quarter
of the year, daring which time 207 deaths occurred. In the
first quarter there were 10, in the second 11, and in the
fourth also 11.
Excepting Small-pox, of which not a single fatal case
was recorded during the year, all the zymotic diseases caused
a considerably larger mortality than they did in the previous
year, as will be seen by reference to Tables XII. and XIII.
The fatal cases of Hooping-cough increased from 156 to 203,
those of Measles from 97 to 133, those of Diphtheria from