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September 19th, 1887.
In the six weeks that ended on the tenth day of September,
the number of births registered in the Parish was 355, and the
number of deaths, 200. These numbers are equal to an annual
birth rate of 33.9, and an annual rate of mortality of 19.1 per
1,000 of the estimated population. In London the death rate
ranged from 16.6 to 23.3 during this short period, the mean
rate being 19.8.
From Diseases of the Zymotic class there were 62 deaths,
viz. : —From Measles, eight; Scarlet Fever, 13; Diphtheria,
one ; Whooping Cough, eight; and Diarrhœa, 32. Of the 13
deaths from Scarlet Fever, nine occurred in the Leather
Market District, two in St. Mary Magdalen, and two in St.
James's. All the deaths from "Whooping Cough were in
St. James's District. Of the 32 deaths from Diarrhœa, two
occurred in aged persons, seven in children aged one to five
years, and 23 in infants under one year of age.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs caused 23 deaths, and
those of the Tubercular class, 28.
The number of deaths in children under one year of age was
32, and in persons of 60 years of age and upwards, eight.
Seventeen inquests were held. The cases included eight
deaths from Violence. There were two cases of Suicide, five
of Accidental Suffocation in bed, and one of Concussion arising
from a fall down stairs. Five deaths were uncertified.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company was
exceptionally free from organic matter, and efficiently filtered.
Mr. Higgins having failed to comply with the order of the
Magistrate, the usual and necessary steps in such cases have
been taken. I attended at the Police Court on the 7th and
14th iNst., when the case was further adjourned for the
convenience of counsel.
Complaint having been received of offensive smells from the
premises of Mr. Warren in Tanner Street, I visited them and
found an accumulation of animal matter, of which a large
portion was in a putrid and semi-putrid state. Notwithstanding
repeated cautions every year for seven years, Mr. Warren has
not used proper and available means for preventing the