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scarlet fever 39, erysipelas 14, typhoid fever 3, enteric fever
2, diphtheria 5, and puerperal fever 1.
October 20th, 1890.
During the fortnight that ended on the 11th day of
October, 129 births and 52 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of
37.0, and an annual rate of mortality of 15.0 per thousand of
the estimated population. The corresponding death-rate in
London was 17.0.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 9 deaths, viz.—
measles 1, whooping cough 4 and diarrhoea 4.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 12
deaths, and from those of the tubercular order 9.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 19, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, 5.
Five inquests were held, and in four of the cases the deaths
were referred to violence.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company was of its
normal summer quality and efficiently filtered.
The number of certificates received under the Infectious
Diseases Notification Act was 58, there being for
scarlet fever 43, erysipelas 10, typhoid fever 2, diphtheria 2
and membranous croup 1.
I have inspected the Board Schools in No. 1 Ward. At
the Laxon Street School the walls of the schoolrooms are
dirty and require cleansing. The accommodation of 5 closets
for 450 boys is, in my opinion, inadequate. The master complains
of the filthy state of the passage leading from Crosby
Row to the Infants' School. The existence of this passage
may be unknown to the street sweepers, but their attention
should be called to its disgusting condition, especially on
Monday mornings.
At Riley Street School serious complaints were made of
offensive exhalations from the gullies in the street. If these
gullies are not trapped, they should be trapped. And if they
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