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suspected to be suffering from Asiatic Cholera in London,
have authorised their Medical Officer to send to Dr. Klein,
for the purpose of bacteriological examination, materials
from cases which it is desirable should be thus investigated.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board think that the attention
of all medical practitioners should be called to the matter
of the notification of cases of cholera, and will be glad to
hear what action the Vestry propose to take with that object.
The Local Government Board request that the Sanitary
Authority would take into early consideration the question
of their readiness to meet any emergency that might arise
in the event of the introduction of cholera into London.
The Board request the Sanitary Authority to revise the
arrangements which were contemplated last year with a
view to those arrangements being promptly brought into
operation if the necessity should arise.
October 16th, 1893.
During the fortnight that ended on the 7th day of
October, 113 births and 50 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of
34.6, and an annual rate of mortality of 15.3 per thousand
of the estimated population. The corresponding death-rate
in London was 19.0.
Zymotic diseases caused 9 deaths, viz.: measles 1,
diphtheria 2, whooping cough 3, and diarrhœa 3.
From diseases of the respiratory system there were 9
deaths, and those of the tubercular order 12.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 19, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 2.
Five inquests were held. One death was referred to
accidental suffocation in bed. Two deaths were uncertified.
The certificates of infectious diseases received from September
30th to October 14th, numbered 57. They were of
cases of scarlet fever 36, diphtheria 8, erysipelas 11, and
enteric fever 2.
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