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under 1 year of age was 25, and of persons aged
60 years and upwards 7.
Five inquests were held. There were 2 cases
of suicides, 1 by hanging and 1 by oxalic acid.
Two deaths were uncertified.
The number of notifications of infectious diseases
received from April 14th to May 4th was 43, viz.:
of smallpox 1, scarlet fever 14, diphtheria 21,
erysipelas 6, and enteric fever 1.
On the 28th April the hospitals contained 129
cases of smallpox, 2,233 scarlet fever patients, and
213 persons suffering from diphtheria.
The water delivered by the Southwark Company
was efficiently filtered.
May 21 st, 1894.
During the fortnight that ended on the 12th day
of May 129 births and 47 deaths were registered in
the parish. These numbers indicate an annual
birth rate of 39.6, and an annual rate of mortality of
14.4 per thousand of the estimated population. The
corresponding death rate in London was 17.8.
From diseases of the zymotic class there were
only 5 deaths, viz. : 2 from measles, 2 from
whooping cough, and 1 from diarrhoea.