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Scarlet fever caused 80 deaths, against 63 in 1892
and 29 in 1891. It caused 39 deaths in Camberwell, 23 in
Peckham, and 18 in St. George's. This disease was chiefly
fatal in the last quarter; least so in the second.
To diphtheria were attributed 118 deaths, against
85 in 1892 and 56 in 1891. This is considerably the
heaviest mortality we have experienced from this disease,
which has been making alarming progress in London
during the last few years. Of these cases, 3 belong to
Dulwich, 35 to Camberwell, 42 to Peckham, and 38 to St.
George's; and more than half occurred in the last quarter.
Typhoid fever caused 30 deaths, or 9 more than
were due to the same disease both in 1892 and 1891. Of
these 4 occurred in Dulwich, 12 in Camberwell, 8 in
Peckham, and 6 in St.George's.
11 deaths were due to small-pox, against 1 severally
in 1892 and 1891. Of these, 2 belong to Camberwell, 5 to
Peckham, and 4 to St. George's. 3 occurred in the first
quarter, 6 in the second, and 1 severally in the third
and fourth.
To diarrhœa were attributed 213 deaths, or 44 more
than in the previous year. The great majority, as usual,
happened in the third quarter, and in this quarter were
only 6 in excess of the number registered in the third
quarter of 1893. It is satisfactory to know that no case of
even suspected Asiatic cholera was reported. The diarrhœal
deaths were distributed (excepting Dulwich) pretty
uniformly throughout the parish.
Influenza was reported to have caused 82 deaths,
of which 2 occurred in Dulwich, 34 in Camberwell, 28 in