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Fifteen notifications of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: of scarlet fever 9, diphtheria 4, erysipelas 1, and
typhoid fever 1.
In the week that ended June 11th 59 births and 18
deaths were recorded in the parish, indicating an annual
birth rate of 36.0, and an annual death rate of 10.9 per
thousand inhabitants. Zymotic diseases caused 3 deaths
from measles. There were 2 deaths from pneumonia, 3
from tubercular diseases, 2 from age, 1 from cancer, and
1 from influenza.
Two inquests were held. One death was due to accidental
suffocation in bed with parents.
Eighteen notices of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: 10 of scarlet fever and 8 of diphtheria. At the request
of the Medical Officer of Health of the London
County Council, I have inspected the common lodging
house, No. 76, Bermondsey Wall, with the object of ascertaining
whether the condition of the house is such that
it ought to be dealt with under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act. At my request Mr. Sumner, the Vestry's
surveyor, has inspected the premises, and reports that the
structural condition of the house is fairly good. In my
opinion the state of the premises would not warrant their
being closed as unfit for human habitation, but there are
certain sanitary defects to which I have directed the attention
of the officers of the London County Council, under
whose supervision and regulation houses of this kind are
placed.