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per thousand of the estimated population. The
corresponding, death rate in London was 14.8. Only
1 death was registered in the Leather Market
District.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 5, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards
2, Three inquests were held. One death was
caused by drowning. One death was uncertified,
the cause assigned to infantile convulsions.
The only death from any disease of the zymotic
class was 1 from diarrhœa.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 3 deaths,
pneumonia 2, and congestion of the lungs 1.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were
4 deaths, viz.: from phthisis 2, meningitis 1, and
tuberculosis 1. A man aged 70 died from influenza
and pleurisy.
Age caused 1 death and heart disease 2.
There were 2 deaths of parishioners in outlying
institutions.
Five cases of infectious diseases were notified,
4 of scarlet fever, and 1 of erysipelas.