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The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 16 deaths,
viz.: measles 3, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria 4, membranous
croup 2, whooping cough 3, enteric fever 1 and diarrhoea 2.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 10 deaths,
including 5 from bronchitis and 4 from pneumonia.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were 10
deaths, of which 6 were referred to phthisis.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 19, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 6.
Five inquests were held. All the deaths were attributed
to natural causes. Two deaths of children were uncertified.
The notifications of infectious diseases received from
June 3rd to 16th were 58, including scarlet fever 30 (one
duplicate), erysipelas 7 (one duplicate), diphtheria 10,
small-pox 5, membranous croup 2, enteric or typhoid fever 4.
The water supplied during the last month by the Southwark
Company was of good chemical quality.
The deaths from small-pox in London which had been 16
and 9 in the preceding two weeks further fell last week to
7, corresponding with the corrected average. The number
of cases of this disease under treatment in the hospitals
was 495, against 566 in the previous week. The deaths
from scarlet fever were 24, being 6 above the average.
The hospitals contained 2,649 cases of scarlet fever, against
2,345, 2,493 and 2,582 at the end of the preceding three
weeks. The deaths from diphtheria were 51 and 39 during
the last two weeks; the corrected average for the corresponding
weeks in ten years being 22. In the week ending
June 10th, the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals contained
306 cases of diphtheria.
July 3rd, 1893.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of June
109 births and 50 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 33.4, and
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