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Under 1 year of age, there were 19 deaths, and at 60 years
of age and upwards, 15.
Five inquests were held, in 4 of these the deaths were
caused by violence.
Six deaths were not certified.
The mortality from affections of the chest is still high,
while that which is due to zymotic diseases is particularly
low. The general state of the public health is satisfactory.
May 7th, 1883.
During the three weeks that ended on the 28th day of
April, 210 births and 106 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 41.3
and an annual rate of mortality of 20.8 per 1000 of the
estimated population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 22.9.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 10 deaths viz.:—
measles and scarlet fever, each 2, whooping cough 3, typhus
fever, enteric fever and diarrhœa, each 1.
From diseases of the respiratory system there were 36
deaths, of which 22 were referred to bronchitis and 12 to
pneumonia.
Fourteen persons died from tubercular diseases viz., 9 from
phthsis, 4 from meningitis, and 1 from tabes mesenterica.
Thirteen deaths were attributed to old age, and 5 to heart
disease.
Two inquests were held:—both cases were suicide by
drowning.
One death was not certified.
Fatal cases of pulmonary diseases continue numerous for
the season of the year. The zymotic death rate is very
low.
May 21st, 1883.
During the fortnight that ended in the 12th day of May,
123 births and 59 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 36.3, and