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an annual rate of mortality of 15.2 per thousand of the
estimated population. The like death rate in London was
21.8. The number of deaths of children under one year
of age was 7, of persons aged 60 years and upwards 8,
and of parishioners in outlying public institutions 10.
The inclusion of the latter raises the parish death rate to
21.3. The only death from zymotic disease was one from
measles. Bronchitis caused 5 deaths, phthisis 2, meningitis
1, heart disease 3, and old age 2.
Two inquests were held. One death was due to accidental
suffocation in bed. One death from premature
birth was uncertified.
Nine notifications of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: of scarlet fever 7, diphtheria 1, and erysipelas 1.
In the week that ended on April 9th there were 43 births
and 23 deaths registered in the parish. The corresponding
annual birth rate per thousand inhabitants was 26.3,
and the death rate 16.0. The number of deaths under
one year of age was 10, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 6. There was no death from zymotic disease.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 8
deaths—7 from bronchitis and 1 from pneumonia. Tubercular
diseases caused 5 deaths, of which one was from
phthisis, and 4 were from meningitis. There was one death
from age and one from cancer. Two inquests were held.
One death was from accidental suffocation in bed. One
death (uncertified) was due to heart disease and syncope.