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10th October, 1898.
During the week that ended on the 1st day of October
50 births and 19 deaths were registered in the parish,
indicating an annual birth rate of 30. 7, and an annual
rate of mortality of 11.5 per thousand of the estimated
population. The death rate in London was 19.7. The
number of deaths of children under one year of age was
7, of persons aged above 60 years 3, and of parishioners in
outlying public institutions 8.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 5 deaths, viz.: diphtheria
1 and diarrhœa 4.
Prom diseases of the respiratory organs there was one
death from bronchitis and one from pneumonia, There
was one death from phthisis, 1 from cancer, and 1 from influenza.
Three inquests were held. All these deaths were due
to violent causes —2 being attributed to the consequences
of fall and one to accidental suffocation in bed.
Twenty-seven notifications of infectious diseases were
received, viz.: of scarlet fever, 14, of diphtheria 10, of
erysipelas 2, and of enteric fever 1.
In the week ending October 8th 51 births and 25 deaths
were registered in the parish, corresponding to an annual
birth rate of 31.3, and an annual death rate of 15.3 per
thousand inhabitants.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 11, and of persons aged upwards of 60 years 4.