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Church, 2nd part; excluding the Workhouse the death rate of
the Lambeth Church, 2nd part district, was 215 instead of 333
per 10,000 inhabitants.
In the Norwood district (excluding the Children's Workhouse)
one person out of 61 living died during the year; in the Brixton
district one out of 56; in the Waterloo Road, 1st part, one out of
51; in the Kennington, 2nd part, and Lambeth Church, 1st part
districts, each, one out of 49; in the Kennington, 1st part, one
out of 45; in the Waterloo Road, 2nd part, one out of 40; and
in the Lambeth Church, 2nd part, one out of 29, or, excluding the
Workhouse, one out of 45 living.
The deaths from Epidemic diseases during 1867 are shown in
Table IV., they amounted to 716, and were in the proportion of
only 17½ per cent. of the Mortality from all causes.
In the two preceding years they formed 21¼ per cent., and in
1863 and 1864, 23½ and 22 per cent. of the entire Mortality.
There was a diminution from the usual annual Mortality in
nearly all the Epidemic diseases, except Small Pox, which was
prevalent during part of the year, particularly in the Lambeth
Church, 2nd part district.
The number of deaths from Diarrhœa were 175, and from
Choleraic Diarrhœa 11; Whooping Cough 121; Fever, including
Typhus, 118; Measles 98; Scarlatina 82; Small Pox 80; and
Diptheria 31.
In Table I. is shown the number and nature of Nuisances
brought under the notice of the General Purposes Committee,
with the results and Sanitary Improvements effected.
The number of Nuisances removed or abated, and Sanitary
Improvement effected, amounted to 3,766, comprising 586 unwholesome
houses cleansed or whitewashed; 554 houses with bad
drainage improved; 476 drain obstructions removed; 247 cesspools
emptied or abolished; 97 gullies and 18 foul urinals cleansed;
87 offensive smells, from trades, &c., abated; 45 lots of swine,
consisting of 213 pigs, removed; 773 accumulations of dust, dung,