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the parish, indicating an annual birth rate of 37.0
and an annual rate of mortality of 15·2 per thousand
of the population. The corresponding death
rate in London was 15·7.
Ten children died under 1 year of age, and 2
persons at upwards of 60 years.
Five parishioners died in outlying institutions.
The only death from zymotic disease was 1 from
diphtheria.
Pulmonary diseases caused 8 deaths, including 4
from bronchitis, 2 from pneumonia, and 2 from
other diseases of respiratory organs.
Five deaths were referred to tubercular diseases,
viz.: 1 to phthisis, 2 to meningitis, and 2 to
tuberculosis.
Two inquests were held, and 1 death was uncertified.
Fifteen notifications of infectious diseases were
received, viz.: of scarlet fever 7, of diphtheria 5,
erysipelas 2, and membranous croup 1.
In the week that ended on October 24th, 74 births
and 36 deaths were registered in the parish, which
corresponded to an annual birth rate of 44·9, and an