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Four Inquests were held. In throe cases the deaths were due
to natural causes, and in one to accident.
The water supplied by Southwark Company during the month
of June was of fair quality, better than that supplied in May, and
slightly superior to the water of the West Middlesex Company.
At this season of the year the higher temperature of the air
causes an increased tendency to disorders of the liver and bowels.
Moderation in diet should be the rule for adults, and particular care
should be taken that the food which is given to young children be
perfectly fresh and sweet.
Complaint has been made of a nuisance at Mr. Higgins's Fish
Manure Factory. It arose from the breaking down of a new
apparatus which was being tried. I have desired that notice should
be given us before it is again made use of.
August 9th, 1880.
During the three weeks that ended on the 31st day of
July, 143 births and 112 deaths were registered in Bermondsey.
The number of births is unusually low. No births were registered
in the Leather Market District during the week ending July 24th.
The above numbers are equal to an annual birth rate of 24.8, and
to an annual rate of mortality of 16.1 per 1000. The death rate in
London was 22.2 per 1000. The general mortality in London,
which had been below the average for 20 weeks, has been slowly
increasing during the last 6 weeks, until it has slightly exceeded
the average of the corresponding period of the last 10 years. The
excess is due to the prevalence of scarlet fever and diarrhæa.
Zymotic diseases caused 42 deaths, viz :—measles 2, scarlet
fever 5, remittent fever, enteric fever, and diphtheria each 1, and
diarrhœa 32.
Eleven deaths were referred to diseases of the organs of
respiration, 14 to tubercular diseases, and 3 to accident.
The deaths which occurred at various periods of life were 53
under one year, 25 between one and five years, 17 between five and
sixty years, and 17 above sixty years.
Further complaints have been made of the nuisance at Mr.
Higgins's Manure Factory at 25, Little Abbey Street. On visiting
the premises I found that the new apparatus had been used without