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diseases of this class are most fatal considerably
exceeds that of London generally.
In the class of septic diseases there were 14 deaths,
including 4 of children from congenital syphilis, 3
deaths from erysipelas, and 1 from purpura.
One death from anthrax took place in hospital.
Rheumatism caused 7 deaths and gout 1. There
were 6 deaths from rickets, all in children under 5
years of age.
The deaths from cancer were 27 in the parish and
23 in hospitals, making a total of 50, which exceeds
that of the previous year by 8.
The tubercular order of diseases showed an
increased fatality, especially under the forms of
tabes mesenterica and general tuberculosis. The
total deaths in this division numbered 297 (including
hospital cases). They formed 15.8 per cent. of the
deaths from all causes.
There were 165 deaths from phthisis, 48 from
meningitis, 31 from tabes mesenterica, and 48 from
less clearly defined forms of tuberculosis.
Premature birth was assigned as the cause of 54
deaths of infants, being 7 more than in the previous