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numbered 10. They were of scarlet fever 4, diphtheria
2, erysipelas 5, and enteric fever 1.
11th May, 1896.
During the week that ended on the 2nd day of
May, 50 births and 34 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers indicate an annual birth
rate of 30·7, and an annual rate of mortality of
19·0 per thousand of the estimated population.
The number of deaths of parishioners in outlying
institutions was 10, being equal to an addition
to the death rate of 6·1. The death rate in London
was 18·5.
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class there
were 11 deaths, of which 5 were from measles, 5
from whooping cough, and 1 from diphtheria.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 8
deaths, of which 5 were referred to bronchitis, and
3 to pneumonia.
Five deaths were attributed to tubercular diseases,
viz.: 2 to phthisis, 1 to meningitis, 1 to tuberculosis,
and 1 to hæmoptysis. One death was caused by
influenza, and phthisis. One death was due to age,
and 2 were from cancer.