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FORTNIGHTLY REPORTS.
January 17th, 1887.
During the fortnight that ended on the 8th day of January
the number of births registered in the parish was 128, and the
number of deaths 97. The annual birth rate was 37.0, and
the annual rate of mortality 28.0 per 1000 of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in London during
the same period was 25.1.
Zymotic Diseases caused 13 deaths, viz.:—Measles, 11;
Scarlet Fever, one; and Diarrhœa, one.
From Diseases of the Respiratory Organs there were 21
deaths, viz.: —from Bronchitis, 16; Pneumonia, two; and
other Diseases, three.
To Tubercular Diseases 19 deaths were referred, viz.:—to
and other Diseases of the same class, four.
Heart Disease accounted for seven deaths, and Old Age
for five.
Six inquests were held. In one case, that of a woman, aged
45 years, death was attributed to "Excessive Drinking and
Exposure to Cold."
The deaths in children under one year of age numbered 32,
and those in persons of 60 years of age and upwards, 19.
Among the latter, three had attained the ages of 83, 85 and 88
years.
The water supplied during the previous month contained
marked increase in the quantity of organic matter, owing to
the flooded state of the river, but all the samples were clear
and bright.