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From diseases of the respiratory system there were 15 deaths, of
which 7 were referred to bronchitis and 8 to pneumonia.
In the order of tubercular diseases there was only 1 death,
which was from phthisis.
Two deaths were due to old age.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was
10, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 9.
Eight inquests were held. Two deaths arose from violence.
Three deaths were uncertified.
The Notifications of Infectious Diseases were scarlet fever 26,
erysipelas 9, enteric fever 3, diphtheria 3, puerperal fever 1, and
small-pox 1. The latter was removed to hospital on the same day
that the notice was received.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company was not
efficiently filtered before delivery, being slightly turbid, and yellow
when seen through a stratum two feet deep.
January 2nd, 1893.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of December,
138 births and 53 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 42.3, and an annual rate
of mortality of 16.2 per thousand of the estimated population.
The corresponding death-rate in London was 19.5.
No deaths were registered from any of the principal diseases of
the zymotic class.
One death was referred to influenza associated with pleurisy and
pneumonia.
From diseases of the respiratory system there were 14 deaths,
from those of the tubercular order 10, from heart diseases 3, and
from cancer 2.
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