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Diseases of the respiratory system caused 10 deaths—8
from bronchitis and 2 from pneumonia.
In the tubercular order of diseases there were 4 deaths
from phthisis, 1 from meningitis, and 1 from tuberculosis.
One death was due to cancer.
Three inquests were held. Two deaths of infants were
due to accidental suffocation whilst in bed with parents.
One death from premature birth was uncertified.
Nine notices of infectious cases were received. They
were: of scarlet fever 5, of diphtheria 2, and of erysipelas
2.
The mortality from measles and from influenza in London
considerably exceed the average for the corresponding week
of the preceding 10 years.
The deaths from scarlet fever and whooping cough are
below the average. Those fro mdiphtheria and from diseases
of the respiratory organs are slightly below the average.
In reply to an enquiry of the Local Government Board,
and of the Board of Trade, I have to report that no cases
of the immigration of destitute aliens into the parish during
the year 1897 have come under the notice of the Sanitary
Officers,
In my last report the Regitrar of St. James's District
had entered the total births under the column for total
deaths, so the corrected return should be 30 births and 7
deaths. The return from the Registrar of the Leather