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hospitals. In addition to these, the Registrar-
General includes membranous croup with diphtheria.
One case was reported as typhus. It was a child
aged 6 years. The sanitary condition of the house
was good. There was no overcrowding, or any
known history of contagion. The disease did not
spread. Influenza caused 16 deaths against 39 in
the previous year. In all these cases there were
complications of various inflammatory affections
of the respiratory organs. The total deaths
occurring in Bermondsey were 63 more than in
1892, and a still larger increase of deaths of parishoners
took place in outlying institutions.
The year was remarkable for an unprecedented
duration of hot and dry weather. Drought prevailed
from the beginning of March to the end of June.
The rainfall measured less than one inch in the
course of 110 consecutive days, and the total rainfall
during the year was nearly 5 inches below the
average.
POPULATION.
The revised census tables show that in April,
1891, there were 11,152 inhabited houses in the
Parish, being an increase of 69 since the census of
1881. The number of uninhabited houses was 582,
being an increase of 167. There were 30 houses
in the course of erection, being a decrease of 42.
The total number of persons was 84,682; males,
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