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occurrence of a nuisance. On the 14th inst. an order was
obtained for the abatement of the nuisance. This is not
intended to interfere with the business so long as care is taken
to prevent it from being a nuisance and injurious to health.
October 3rd, 1887.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of September,
109 births and 51 deaths were registered in Bermondsey.
These numbers shew an annual birth rate of 31.3, and an
animal rate of mortality of 14.6 per 1,000 of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in Lonbon was 15.0.
The chief Diseases of the Zymotic class caused 12 deaths,
viz. :—Scarlet Fever, two ; Whooping Cough, four; Enteric
Fever, three ; and Diarrhoea, three.
From Diseases of the Respiratory Organs there were only
six deaths.
Tubercular Diseases caused 14 deaths, including 10 from
Consumption.
The number of deaths in children under one year of age was
13, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, eight.
One death was referred to Violence, and two were uncertified.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever in London, which had
increased in the six preceding weeks from 21 to 57, declined
in the week ending September 24th, to 38 (including 12 in
hospital) and were three below the corrected average.
October 17th, 1887.
During the fortnight that ended on the 8th day of October,
129 births and 49 deaths were registered in the Parish. These
numbers are equal to an annual birth rate of 37.0, and an
annual rate of mortality of 14.0 per 1.000 of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in London was 15.5.
From Diseases of the Zymotic class there were only five
deaths, viz:—From Measles, one; from Scarlet Fever, three;
and from Whooping Cough, one.
From Diseases of the Respiratory Organs there were 13
deaths, and from those of the Tubercular class, 10.