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corresponding decline in the mortality from whooping
cough, and the greater fatality from diarrhœa by a
satisfactory decline in that from diphtheria. Influenza
prevailed more or less throughout the year and was
the cause of 28 deaths.
Eight cases of small-pox were notified but there
were no deaths from that cause.
One case of typhus was reported but on enquiry it
appeared to have been a case of typhoid fever.
A number of small houses having been removed
and several large blocks of artizans' dwellings erected,
an estimate of the population on the ordinary basis
would probably prove fallacious, and consequently
the data furnished at the last census remain our best
guide.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the
Parish was 3,212, being 117 more than in the previous
year. In the Leather Market District there were
1,310 births, and in St. James' 1,902. The number
of children born in the first quarter of the year was
902 ; in the second quarter 777 ; in the third quarter
778 ; and in the last quarter 775.