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the population; that of London being 3.1. The
death-rate from diphtheria in Bermondsey, in 1896
was 0.84; in 1895, 0.34; in 1894, 0.78; and in
1893, 0.94. The death rate from whooping cough
in the Parish amounted to 1.13, that of London
being 0.65. Influenza caused 7 deaths, against 28
in the previous year.
In the class of septic diseases there were 15
deaths, including 6 from erysipelas and 6 from
puerperal fever. Nine deaths were referred to
alcoholism, of which 3 were from delirium tremens.
Rheumatism and rheumatic fever caused 12
deaths, being a slight excess on the numbers
recorded in the three previous years. From rickets
there were 4 deaths of young children. The deaths
of 58 persons were referred to various forms of
cancer; of these 37 took place in the Parish, and
27 in hospitals. This number is 8 more than in
the previous year.
In the tubercular order of diseases there were
266 deaths, against 297 in the previous year. They
included 17 deaths from tabes mesenterica; 58 from
meningitis; 159 from phthisis; and 32 from
tuberculosis; many of the latter are really deaths
from phthisis. Tubercular diseases formed 14.6