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difficulty in cases of whooping cough. The latter disease is
so excessively fatal to infants, that too much care cannot be
taken in excluding them from sources of infection. Where
isolation cannot be effected by the removal of the sick, or
allowing them the exclusive use of a separate room, the same
object may be gained by the prompt removal of the other
children. Wherever it is practicable this is advisable,
whether the other children have had the disease or not, as, if
they do not take it themselves, they are active carriers of the
infection to others.
June 19 th, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 10th day of June,
131 birth and 74 deaths were registered in Bermondsey.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 39.0,
and an annual rate of mortality of 22.0 per 1000 persons
living.
The death rate in London was 17.9.
The chief zymotic diseases caused 17 deaths, viz.:
Measles 12, whooping cough 4, and diarrhœa 1.
From tubercular diseases there were 12 deaths, of which
7 were due to phthisis, 4 to meningitis, and 1 to tabes.
The number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory
system declined to 13. They were—8 from bronchitis, 4
from pneumonia, and 1 from croup.
The deaths which occurred at various periods of life were
23 under one year, 22 between 1 and 5 years, 20 between 5
and 60 years, and 9 above 60 years. Two Inquests were
held, and two deaths were not certified.
The water supplied by the Southwark and other Companies
during the month of May was of inferior quality to that sent
out during the previous month.
The fatal cases of whooping cough have declined, but
those of measles have increased. The latter disease has
caused 58 deaths within the last six months, being 6 in excess
of the number which occurred during the previous twelve
months.