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usually escaped, although apparently they may have lived under
far more insanitary conditions.
Influenza caused 133 deaths in the year, of which 97
occurred in the first quarter, when the natural tendency of this
disease towards the development of lung complications was
much increased by the coldness of the weather. Six deaths
occurred in Camberwell, 38 in Peckham and 24 in St. George's.
I am glad to be able to note that there is no increase,
and in many cases a decrease, in the mortality from nearly all
infectious diseases, even compared with 1894. Dr. Bristowe in
his report for that year states that these diseases, with the
exception of hooping cough, measles and diphtheria, show a
marked decrease, but this year there is only an appreciable
increase in the figures for 1894 in the case of influenza, small
pox and typhoid fever. Diphtheria is about the same, measles
and hooping cough both show a decided diminution.
Table XIII. shows the number of notifications received,
which amounted to 2,494, as against 2,185 in 1894, 3,166 in
1893,2,307 in 1892 and 1,212 in 1891. The different diseases
were represented by the following numbers: —86 of small pox,
as against 16 in 1894; scarlet fever 885, against 946 in the
previous year; 925 of diphtheria, against 745 in the previous
year and 526 in 1893; 245 of typhoid fever, against 138 in 1894;
17 of puerperal fever, against 15 in the previous year; 332 of
erysipelas, against 336 in 1894. In addition to the above, two
notifications of English cholera were received, and an identical
number of certificates of cases of continued fever.
I have inserted a table giving the notifications of enteric
fever, diphtheria and scarlet fever as they occurred in the
different streets of the Parish.
It will be marked that there was a considerable increase
both in the notifications of and the deaths from typhoid fever;
as is usual with this disease it was more prevalent in the latter
half of the year, Altogether 113 out of the total of 245
notifications were received between the 3rd of August and the
26th of October; indeed at one time the number seemed so
large that I instituted special inquiries with a view of discovering
some common cause, but none was apparent. One
fact did, however, show itself, and that was that a certain
number of the cases were contracted outside Camberwell,