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The water delivered by the Southwark Company
was efficiently filtered and improved in chemical
quality.
September l7th, 1894.
During the seven weeks that ended on the 8th
day of September, 393 births and 130 deaths were
registered in the parish. These numbers indicate
an annual birth rate of 34.5, and an annual rate of
mortality of 11.4 per thousand of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in
London was 15.6; the death rate during the last
week of the period having fallen to 11.1.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 18
deaths, viz. : measles 3, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria
1, whooping cough 4, and diarrhoea 9. The mortality
from diarrhoea was remarkably small for the
season of the year.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 22 deaths, of which 11 were from bronchitis
and 10 from pneumonia.
Tubercular diseases caused 18 deaths, including
12 from phthisis and 4 from meningitis.
There were 3 deaths from cancer, 6 from old
age, 4 from kidney disease, and 6 from heart
disease.