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Zymotic diseases caused 4 deaths, viz.: whooping cough
1 and diarrhœa 3.
From pulmonary diseases there were 4 deaths—two from
bronchitis and 2 from pneumonia.
Tubercular diseases caused 4 deaths, viz.: phthisis 2
and meningitis 2. There was 1 death from old age.
Three inquests were held. One death resulted from accidental
suffocation in bed.
One death, that of a child aged 2 days, was certified as
due to "natural causes."
The notifications of infectious diseases numbered 32,
viz.: of scarlet fever 19, diphtheria 12, and typhoid fever 1.
In reply to the enquiry respecting the alleged prevalence
of diphtheria in Yalding Road and Cadbury Road, I report
that during the last 12 months, viz., from October 1st,
1897, to September 30th, 1898, I have received notices of
one case of membranous croup at No. 43, Yalding Road,
and of one case of diphtheria at No. 19, Cadbury Road.
I have again inspected Stephenson's Court respecting
which I certified on the 12th September last, "That their
structural and insanitary condition rendered them unfit
for human habitation." This court is situated on the west
side of Bermondsey Street, and is approached through a
covered passage, 4 feet wide and 30 feet long, opening out
to width of 5 feet between the premises 122 and 123, Bermondsey
Street. The total length of the court is 150 feet.