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In London the infantile death-rate was 148; in
the fifty large town districts 150; and in the
twenty-eight great towns 155. The proportion
reached 189 in Cardiff; 193 in Leicester; and 218
in Preston.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The chief diseases of the Zymotic class, caused
245 deaths, or 15.5 per cent. of the total deaths
from all causes, and 2.7 per thousand of the
estimated population. The Zymotic death-rate in
London was 2.7 per thousand. In the previous
year, the Zymotic deaths in Bermondsey numbered
335, or 18.7 per cent. The average of ten years,
1875-84, was 370.
Small-pox caused 14 deaths; 4 were under 1
year of age, 2 between 1 and 5 years, 4 between 5
and 20 years, and 4 above 20 years of age; 4 were
certified to be unvaccinated, and in the remaining 10
there was no statement with respect to vaccination.
Four of the deaths occurred in the Leather Market
District, one in St. Mary Magdalen, and nine in St.
James' District. From Measles there were 61
deaths, against 81 in the previous year. 58 of
these deaths took place in children under 5 years
of age. There was one death from German
Measles. From Scarlet Fever there were 23
deaths, against 48 in the previous year, and a
decennial average of 75. Of the 15 deaths from
Diphtheria, 14 took place in St. James' and 1 in
the Leather Market District. Whooping Cough
caused 61 deaths, against 82 in the previous year,
and a decennial average of 99. The 10 deaths
from Fever were all certified as Enteric, —one was
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