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There were 6 deaths from tubercular diseases, viz.:
from phthisis, 1 from meningitis, and 1 from tabes mesenterica.
The Inquest cases included 2 deaths from violence, one of
a child accidentally drowned in a pail of water, and one case
of suicide by cut-throat, while mentally deranged.
Five deaths were uncertified as to their cause by any
registered practitioner.
May 1st, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 22nd day of April,
141 births and 85 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 42.0, and an
annual rate of mortality of 25.1 per 1000 of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in London was
22.1. The deaths included 25 children under one year of
age, and 10 persons aged 60 years and upwards
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class there were
29 deaths, of which 22 were referred to whooping cough, 5 to
measles, 1 to scarlet fever, and 1 to small-pox, an infant aged
10 weeks.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 18 deaths, viz.:
Bronchitis 11 and pneumonia 7.
There were 8 deaths from diseases of the tubercular class,
6 from phthisis, 1 from tubercular meningitis, and 1 from
tabes mesenterica.
A woman, 36 years of age, were certified to have died
from "acute alcoholism."
The high rate of mortality is due to the prevalence of
whooping cough. Our death rate exceeds that of London by
3 per 1000. The difference caused by whooping cough alone
is no less than 6 per 1000, or one-fourth of the death rate
from all causes. During the present year 109 deaths of
children have been referred to this disease. I have no doubt
many deaths result from neglect of proper treatment in the
early stages of the complaint.