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The mortality from Diphtheria was nearly identical with that of
1893, and was largely in excess of the average of the past 10 years
(see Tables IV. and V.), but Chelsea's figure for the past year is
again below Chelsea's proportion of the total diphtheria deaths in
London, showing that many districts in London suffered more
severely from this disease in 1894 than did our own parish.

Scarlet Fever was much less prevalent in 1894 than in 1893, and
the mortality from this cause was only half of that which prevailed
in the latter year. The Metropolitan Asylums Board Fever
Hospitals were at no time so full that admission had to be refused
to cases of scarlet fever.
The Diarrhoea mortality in 1894 was less than half of that which
occurred in 1893. This low mortality is chiefly attributable to the
cold and wet summer of the past year. There was also a complete
absence of any cases in any way resembling Asiatic cholera.

Influenza.—The number of deaths referred to influenza, as a
primary or secondary cause of death, amounted to 28 in 1894, as
against 33 in 1893, 84 in 1892, 90 in 1891, and 18 in 1890. In
London, deaths have been recorded from influenza in every week of
the year, but, with the exception of the first six weeks of the year,
the mortality was slight.
Respiratory Diseases.—The death-rate from diseases of the
respiratory organs was 1.3 per 1,000 lower than in 1893, and was
the lowest recorded during the past 10 years.