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Seven persons died from old age, 5 from brain disease, and 3
from liver disease.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was
32, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, 37.
Seven inquests were held. Five deaths were due to violent
causes ; 4 of these were cases of accidental suffocation of infants.
The Notification of Infectious Diseases under the Public Health
Act, 1891, included 13 certificates for scarlet fever; 1 typhoid
fever, 1 membranous croup, and 1 erysipelas.
The deaths primarily attributed to influenza in London during
the week ending January 16th were 271, and 63 in which
influenza was a secondary cause. In the week ending January
23rd, the deaths from influenza were 506, and 86 cases in which
influenza was a secondary cause.
February 15th, 1892.
During the fortnight that ended on the 6th day of February,
131 births and 108 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 40.2, and an annual rate
of mortality of 33.1 per thousand of the population. The corresponding
death-rate in London was 35.8 per thousand.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 6 deaths, viz.:
measles 3, scarlet fever 1, and whooping cough, 2.
Two deaths were referred to influenza alone, and 11 to influenza
associated with other diseases.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 41 deaths, viz.:
bronchitis 26, pneumonia 13, and pulmonary congestion, 2.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were 10 deaths,
including 7 from phthisis.
Seven persons died of old age.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was
33, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, 27.
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