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Street. At present the bladders and sausage skins
are perfectly dry and not offensive. I have cautioned
the occupier of the premises and he has promised to
avoid the creation of a nuisance.
During the last week several cases of imperfectly
filtered water from the mains of the Southwark
Company have been brought under my notice.
September 16th, 1896,
During the eight weeks that ended on the 7th day
of September, 485 births and 201 deaths were
registered in the parish. The corresponding annual
birth rate, per thousand of the estimated population,
was 37·3, and the death rate 15·4.
From diseases of the zymotic class there were 67
deaths, viz.: from measles 18, scarlet fever 1,
diphtheria 3, whooping cough 5, and diarrhoea 40.
The last named diseases prevailed chiefly during the
first half of the above period.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 25 deaths,
of which 10 were attributed to bronchitis, 14 to
pneumonia, and 1 to pleurisy.
Diseases of the tubercular order caused 34 deaths,
viz. : meningitis 8, phthisis 10, tabes mesenterica 11,
and tuberculosis 5.