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cases—it should be delayed no longer. Last year the deaths
from smallpox in London, in children under 5 years of age,
were as follows:—vaccinated 1; unvaccinated 24; no statement
9. The population of vaccinated children is 20 times
that of the unvaccinated, and yet in a non epidemic year, it
furnished less than one-twentieth of the deaths from
smallpox.
June 23rd, 1884.
During the fortnight that ended on the 14th day of June,
113 births and 67 deaths were registered in the parish,
These numbers are equal to an annual birth rate of 33.1 and
an annual rate of mortality of 19.6 per thousand of the
estimated population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 18.9.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 18 deaths,
viz. :—smallpox 1, measles 6, scarlet fever 3, whooping cough
7, and enteric fever 1.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 14
deaths, and from those of the tubercular class, 5 deaths.
Two inquests were held. In both cases the deaths were
attributed to accident.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company during
May, was above the average quality, being clear and bright,
and containing an unusually small proportion of organic
matter.
In the week ending June 14th, the fatal cases of smallpox
in London had declined from 40 to 30. The number of
smallpox patients in the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals
had risen from 1096 to 1238.
There is a large heap of manure at the Vestry's Wharf,
and about two barge loads of ashes. The accumulation is
more than should be allowed at this season of the year.
July 7th, 1884.
In the fortnight that ended on the 28th day of June, 128
births and 51 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers are equal to an annual birth rate of 37.5, an
annual rate of mortality of 14.9 per thousand of the estimated
population.