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of 20·3 per thousand of the estimated population.
In public institutions outside the parish boundaries
there were 7 deaths, and the inclusion of these
raises the total death rate to 24.5. The death rate
in London for the same week was 20.2.
From zymotic diseases there were 3 deaths, of
which 1 was from measles, and 2 were from
whooping cough.
Diseases of the tubercular order caused 4 deaths,
viz.: from phthisis, meningitis, tabes mesenterica,
and tuberculosis, each 1.
In the class of pulmonary diseases there were 3
deaths from bronchitis, 7 from pneumonia, and 2
from congestion of the lungs.
The other causes of death included 2 from age,
4 from heart disease, and 1 from cancer. The
number of deaths of children under 1 year of age
was 12, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 10.
Five inquests were held. Two deaths were from
accidental suffocation in bed.
The notifications of infectious diseases numbered
18, viz.: of smallpox 1, scarlet fever 9, erysipelas 1,
puerperal fever 1, typhoid fever 1, and membranous
croup 1.