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The number of notifications of infectious diseases
received from November 3rd to November 14th was
34, viz.: of scarlet fever 22, diphtheria 8, erysipelas
1, enteric fever 3.
The water supplied by the Southwark Company
was efficiently filtered and chemically improved
before delivery.
In London the deaths from diphtheria and enteric
fever are slightly in excess of the average, but the
general state of the public health is satisfactory.
3rd December, 1894.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day
of November, 127 births and 40 deaths were
registered in the parish. These numbers indicate
an annual birth rate of 39.0, and an annual rate of
mortality of 12.3 per thousand of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in London
was 15.6.
Only 2 deaths were recorded from zymotic
diseases ; 1 from diphtheria and 1 from diarrhoea.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 10 deaths, including 4 from bronchitis and 4
from pneumonia.