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FORTNIGHTLY REPORTS o
OF
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
January 18th, 1892.
During the fortnight that ended on the 9th day of January,
166 births and 151 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 51 and an annual rate of
mortality of 48.1 per thousand of the population. The
corresponding death-rate in London was 37.4.
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class there were 17
deaths, viz.: from measles 7, scarlet fever 2, diphtheria 1,
whooping cough 6, and diarrhoea 1.
Diseases of the tubercular class caused 13 deaths, viz.: phthisis
11, meningitis 1, and tuberculosis 1.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused the unusually large
number of 65 deaths, viz. : bronchitis 42, pneumonia 19,
asthma 2, pulmonary congestion 1, and pleurisy 1. These
deaths form 43 per cent, of the deaths from all causes, and equal
a death-rate of 19.9. The excessive mortality is due to the cold
and foggy weather which prevailed three weeks ago. One death
was referred to influenza complicated with pneumonia. Old
age caused 8 deaths, and heart diseases, 3.