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There were 5 deaths from old age, 2 from cancer,
and 11 from heart disease.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 82, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 25.
Twelve inquests were held. Four deaths were due
to violent causes, viz. : accidental suffocation in bed
1, accidental fall 1, suicide by hanging 1, and suicide
by carbolic acid 1.
The notifications of infectious diseases numbered
117, they were of cases of small-pox 3, of scarlet
fever 68, of diphtheria 23, of erysipelas 16, of enteric
fever 6, and of membranous croup 1.
The small-pox cases were No. 1, August 13th,
William Day, æt. 29 years, at 27, Brunswick Court.
He worked at Pearce and Plenty's Dining Rooms,
Lower Marsh, Lambeth, and Farringdon Street,
was vaccinated when young. No. 2, August 15th,
George Poole, æt. 24 years, 49, Kinross Street, was
in the habit of sleeping at the Salvation Army
Shelter, Blackfriars Road. Vaccinated when young.
No. 3, August 31st, Albert Poole, ret. 76 years, 49,
Kinross Street, the same house as the previous case