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registered in the two Parishes 356 deaths, as against 243 the
previous year, and 184 for the year 1891. In the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospital 299 deaths were registered, where for
the two preceding years they were respectively 266 and 192.
The average Death Rate per 1,000 was 3.0 (that is excluding
the deaths which occurred in the Hospital) as compared with 2.2
per 1,000 for the previous year, whilst the Zymotic Rate in the
thirty-three great towns of England averaged 3.2, and in London
31.
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea were, as usual,
the principal causes of death in this class of disease; 70 were due
to Measles, whereas in the two previous years they were
respectively 54 and 23. Whooping Cough caused 64 deaths, and
63 the year before, whilst Diarrhoea showed a total of 66, as compared
with 81 for the preceding year.
There were during the past year 299 deaths in the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's South-Eastem Hospital from Zymotic
Diseases, as compared with 266 for the previous year. Scarlet
Fever was the cause of 164 deaths during the year, and 160 the
previous year. Measles, 5 deaths were registered, and 16 the
year before. Diphtheria was greatly in excess this year, 114
deaths were recorded, as against 72 and 64 for the two previous
years respectively. The number of deaths from Enteric Fever
was 14, and 15 for the year before. Small Pox was the cause of
2 deaths only.
A full detailed account of the deaths from Zymotic Diseases
will be found in Tables Nos. 6 and 7, and a full account of the
Infectious Diseases which have been notified in Deptford under