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observations of Dr. Klein's show that a particular bacillus is often responsible
for epidemic Diarrhoea, and that this is to be found in sewage, sewage
effluent, and in exceptionally large numbers in horse dung, so that it is
abundant in the dust of our streets, and probably accounts for some of the
deaths of children from Diarrhoea.
INFLUENZA.
Nineteen deaths were directly attributed to Influenza, as compared with
25, 13, 66 and 13 in the four preceding years.
ZOOGENOUS DISEASES.
One death was ascribed to Glanders : that of a man who had been
employed in some stables in New King's Road where a number of horses
were affected with the disease.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
These were the cause of 12 deaths, 10 being due to Congenital Syphilis.
SEPTIC DISEASES,
Five deaths were due to septic diseases other than Puerperal Fever and
Erysipelas.
Class III.—Dietetic Diseases.
Six deaths were certified to be directly due to alcoholic excess, and
in 15 cases the disease to which death was attributed was stated to have been
accelerated by intemperance, though these probably represent but a small
proportion of the actual number.
Class IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
The deaths from diseases in this group numbered 379, being 187 per
cent, of the total number.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Of these 184 were due to Phthisis and 67 to other tubercular diseases,
such as Tubercular Meningitis, Tabes Mesenterica, and General Tuberculosis,
these diseases thus accounting for 12-4 per cent, of the deaths from all
causes, and it is probable that many of the deaths ascribed to Marasmus,
Debility and Convulsions were Tubercular in origin.