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In the tubercular order of diseases there were 274 deaths,
against 278 in the previous year; 266 in 1896; and 297 in
1895. They were 15.4 per cent, of the total deaths, and
equalled a death-rate of 3.17 per 1,000 of the population.
There were 9 deaths from tabes mesenterica, 57 from meningitis
rate in Registration London was equal to 1.77 per 1,000.
In Bermondsey, inclusive of deaths in hospitals and infirmaries,
it was 2.15. " The death-rates from this disease
in the Metropolitan sanitary areas ranged from 0.74 in
Hampstead, 0.88 in Lewisham, 1.13 in Wandsworth, and
1.16 in Lee, to 3.06 in St. Saviour, Southwark, 3.17 in Holborn,
3.18 in St. George, Southwark, 3.22 in Strand, and
3.34 in St. Giles." In Newington it was 2.43, in St. Olave
2.22, and in Rotherhithe 1.81. It is quite obvious that
this rate is lowest in the districts where open spaces are
extensive, and highest in those where there is the greatest
density of population.
In the class of developmental diseases, 135 deaths were
recorded, viz., of premature births, 44; of atelectasis, 5;
of congenital malformations, 6; and of old age, 80. Of
the latter 65 were between the ages of 65 and 85 years, and
14 were above 85 years of age.
Diseases of the brain and nervous system caused 160
deaths, or 9.0 per cent. Seventy-nine deaths were attributed