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this disease. Typhus caused 154 deaths, of which 61
occurred in the first quarter; 30 in the second quarter; 29
in the third quarter; and 34 in the last quarter. This
disease, which is so closely connected with over.crowding,
was, as might be expected, most fatal in the Lambeth Church
and Waterloo Road Districts; where, in consequence of the
removal of so many houses for the construction of railways,
the poorer classes are crowded together in an unprecedented
manner. Measles caused 116 deaths, of which 63, or more
than half, occurred in the last three months of the year.
Diarrhœa was less fatal than usual. The 116 deaths occurred
almost exclusively amongst children under 2 years old; 64,
or more than half the deaths, were in the third quarter.
Diptheria caused 28 deaths, 10 of which occurred in the
first quarter Small Pox caused 6 deaths, a small number
compart with previous years,—the deaths having been 58
in 1860, and 11 in 1861.