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Diseases of the tubercular order caused 16 deaths, viz.: phthisis
10, meningitis 5, and tabes mesenterica 1.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 18 deaths,
viz. : 9 from bronchitis and 9 from pneumonia.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was 20,
and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 11.
Five inquests were held. Two deaths arose from accidental
suffocation in bed, and 1 from drinking carbolic acid in mistake
for ginger beer.
The water supplied during the last month was of superior
quality and efficiently filtered.
Thirty-nine Notifications of Infectious Diseases have been
received, viz. : 38 of scarlet fever, 5 of erysipelas, and 1 of
diphtheria.
July 4th, 1892.
During the fortnight that ended on the 25th day of June, 128
births and 50 deaths were registered in the parish. These numbers
indicate an annual birth-rate of 39.2, and an annual rate of
mortality of 15.3 per thousand inhabitants. The corresponding
death-rate in London was 17.2.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 7 deaths, viz. : measles 6
and diarrhoea 1.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were 13 deaths, of
which 7 were referred to phthisis.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs numbered 8,
from heart diseases 3, and from old age 3.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was
17, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 6.
Two inquests were held, and 6 deaths were uncertified.
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