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The deaths included 27 children under one year of age
and 19 persons aged 60 years and upwards.
One Inquest was held. The cause of death was "accidental
asphyxia."
Three deaths were not certified.
March 20th, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 11th day of March,
140 births and 80 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 41.6, and
an annual rate of mortality of 23.8 per 1000 of the population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 24.0.
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class there were
28 deaths, of which 4 were referred to measles, 2 to diarrhœa,
and the large proportion of 22 to whooping cough.
The number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs, which had been 43 in the previous fortnight, declined
to 15.
Tubercular diseases caused 12 deaths, viz.: Phthisis 8,
meningitis 3, and tuberculosis 1.
Twenty-six deaths were recorded in children under one
year of age, and 8 in persons aged 60 years and upwards.
Three Inquests were held. Two of the deaths were attributed
to natural causes, and one to blood poisoning caused
by Washing and cleansing foreign hides.
Three deaths were uncertified.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company during
last month, was clear and efficiently filtered before delivery.
April 3rd, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 25th day of March,
124 births and 100 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 36.8,
and an annual rate of mortality of 29.7 per 1000 of the population.
The death rate in London was 23.6.