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FORTNIGHTLY REPORTS
OF
Medical Officer of Health
13th January, 1896.
During the week that ended on the 4th day of
January, 62 births and 30 deaths were registered in
the parish. These numbers indicate an annual
birth rate of 38·1, and an annual rate of mortality
of 18·4 per thousand of the estimated population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 20·1.
The deaths of parishioners in outlying institutions
numbered 7. If these are added to the deaths in
the parish the death rate is raised to 22·7.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 6
deaths, viz.; measles 3, whooping cough, enteric
fever and diarrhœa, each 1.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 9 deaths, of which 6 were from bronchitis, 2
from pneumonia, and 1 from congestion of the
lungs. In the tubercular order of diseases, there