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Pulmonary diseases caused 9 deaths, and consumption 3.
Two Inquests were held, and in both instances the deaths
were attributed to natural causes.
The quality of the water supplied by the Southwark Company
during month of September was good.
A portion of the hard core at the Vestry Wharf, which
was referred to in my last report, has been removed.
November 6th, 1882.
During the three weeks that ended on the 28th day of
October, 190 births and 89 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth
rate of 37 .7 and annual rate of mortality of 17.7 per 1000
of the estimated population. The corresponding death rate
in London was 19.9, and the mean rate of 28 large towns
was 21.1.
The principal zymotic diseases caused 14 deaths, of which
3 were referred to measles, 6 to scarlet fever, 2 to diphtheria,
1 to whooping cough, and 2 to diarrhoea.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 20
deaths, from bronchitis 14, and pneumonia 6.
Fourteen deaths were attributed to tubercular diseases,
viz.: Phthisis 9, meningitis 3, and tabes 2
Four Inquests were held, and two deaths were not
certified.
The Vestry Wharf presents its usual appearance during
wet weather.
Last Monday I was shown the body of an animal which
had been purchased as an Ostend rabbit. The head and
feet had been removed. At first sight it had the general
appearance of a large rabbit, but on closer inspection, the
dark colour of the flesh, the depth of chest, the strong
muscular fore-legs, and the character of the internal organs,
proved very conclusively that it was not a rabbit; while the