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Five inquests were held. Four deaths were attributed
to violent causes. One was a case of poisoning by eating
mussels.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company was
efficiently filtered.
The notifications of infectious diseases between 10th and
28th April numbered 37. They were for small-pox 9,
scarlet fever 16, erysipelas 4, diphtheria 5, enteric fever 2,
and puerperal fever 1.
May 15th, 1893.
During the fortnight that ended on the 6th day of May,
140 births and 58 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 42 - 9, and
an annual rate of mortality of 15.9 per thousand of the
estimated population. The corresponding death-rate in
London was 19.0
The deaths from diseases of the zymotic class were 2
from measles, 1 from whooping cough, and 1 from diarrhoea.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 17 deaths, of
which 10 were referred to pneumonia and 5 to bronchitis.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were 10
deaths, from old age 4, and from heart disease 3.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 12, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards, 11.
The notifications of cases of infectious disease from April
29th to May 12th were 37, viz.: of small-pox 8, scarlet
fever 19, erysipelas 3, diphtheria 6, and typhus fever 1.
The number of deaths from small-pox in London during
the last two weeks were 6 and 11, and the number of cases
of this disease in the hospitals were 474 and 531. The
disease is widely distributed, but appears to be of a less
severely fatal character than in previous epidemics.
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