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Zymotic diseases caused 9 deaths, viz.: measles 4,
and diarrhoea 5. All the deaths from diarrhoea were
of infants, 4 being under 1 year of age, and 1 æt.
15 months.
There were 2 deaths from phthisis and 2 from
pulmonary diseases, 1 from age and 2 from cancer.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 8, and of persons aged upwards of 60 years, 3.
Two inquests were held. One was a case of
suicide by carbolic acid, and 1 on a child accidentally
suffocated in bed.
The notifications of infectious diseases numbered
10, viz. : of small-pox 1, of scarlet fever 7, of
diphtheria 1, and of puerperal fever 1.
At 13, Wyld's Rents, a child certified to be suffering
from small-pox was removed, and on examination
was found not to have small-pox, and was therefore
re-vaccinated and returned to the above address.
The re-vaccination was not successful and small-pox
has not since developed. I have seen the child today,
and have not allowed the fee for the certificate.
Complaint has been made of an offensive smell
from a quantity of dried bladders at 158, Bermondsey