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The chief zymotic diseases caused 7 deaths, viz.—measles
3, diphtheria 1, and whooping cough 3.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were 11
deaths, viz.—6 from phthisis, 2 from meningitis, and 3 from
tabes mesenterica.
To diseases of the respiratory organs 15 deaths were
referred, viz.—10 to bronchitis, 4 to pneumonia, and 1 to
membranous croup.
Four deaths were attributed to old age, and 4 to heart
disease.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 18, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, 13.
Four inquests were held. One death was caused by being
run over by a van.
The deaths primarily attributed to influenza in London
have declined to 2 in the week.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company was
efficiently filtered, and for river water exhibited a high degree
of organic purity.
During the fortnight 18 cases have been reported under
the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, viz.—15 of scarlet
fever, 2 of erysipelas, and 1 of typhoid fever.
Complaint has been made of a nuisance from the presence
of decaying matter in railway trucks, lying just outside the
Rolls Road Board School. I have seen Mr. George Wallis,
the Station Superintendent at Bricklayers' Arms Station with
reference to this matter, and he has undertaken not to
receive fish manure from this week ; to direct careful
examination of all manure which may be brought to the
station, and the refusal of what is objectionable, and to load all
manure as far away from the school as is practicable. I am
informed that all manure which is loaded during the day is
removed the same night without a single exception.
June 2nd, 1890.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of May,
108 births and 57 deaths were registered in the parish
These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 31.0, and
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