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amongst 26.27 living, died (but when we deduct the deaths in St.
Thomas's Hospital we find that the proportion would be one dead
to 45.33 living); in Lambeth Church 2nd one amongst 31.03, but
making the same deductions as above, the proportion would be one
amongst 44.93 living, died; in Kennington 1st one amongst 51.04
living, died; in Kennington 2nd one amongst 52.05 living, died;
in Brixton one amongst 48.07, but deducting the deaths in Stockwell
Hospital, the proportion would be one amongst 58.20 living,
died; and in Norwood one among 66 living died.
The Deaths from Epidemic Diseases during 1873-4 are shown
in Table IV. They amounted to 847, and as compared with last
year (811) shew a small increase (36), but is considerably less than
the year 1871-2 and 1872-3, which were respectively 1121 and
1750, they were only 17.40 per 1000 of the whole mortality.
The slight increase in the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases was
caused by the number of cases of measles, diarrhoea, and fevers.
There were this year 192 Deaths from measles, as against 54 the
previous year; 189 deaths from fevers, as against 117; and 244
from diarrhoea, as against 236. Scarlet fever and whooping cough
show a decrease as against last year.
At Table V. will be seen the number of cases of illness from
Contagious Diseases attended by the Poor Law Medical Officer
during each quarter of the year.
The total number, 605, as against 582 last year, shew also a
slight increase, caused by Fevers and Measles, especially the
latter, which were 185 as compared with 58 the previous year, but
there is a satisfactory decrease as regards Small Pox, which were
only 7, as against 140; of the 605 cases attended, 114 occurred in
the 1st quarter, 222 in the 2nd, 180 in the 3rd, and 89 in the
last quarter of the year.
The number and character of the Nuisances removed, and the
General Sanitary Measures carried out will be seen in Table I.
The Nuisances abated or removed amounted to 3112; in
addition there was a large amount of Sanitary work carried out by