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of deaths was 63 in the District, and 126 in the South-Eastern
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital, as against 45 in the
District, and 128 in the Hospital, in the year 1894.
Fevers. This term includes Typhus, Typhoid or Enteric,
Simple, Continued, and ill-defined forms of Fever, to which 8
deaths were attributed in the District during the year; 45 deaths
were registered in the Hospital; 119 cases were reported under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. For the year 1894, 106 cases
were reported, whilst 15 deaths were registered in the District, and
14 in the Hospital.
Puerperal Fever. There were 13 cases of this disease
notified, and 3 deaths were registered; of these, 1 occurred in the
District, and 2 in Outlying Public Institutions.
Measles is not a notifiable disease under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, therefore it is impossible to say how many
cases occurred in the two Parishes, but only 25 deaths were
registered during the year, giving a death rate of 0·20 per 1,000,
whilst in London generally, it was 0·60, and in the 32 great
provincial towns 0·48. For the previous year no less than 107
deaths were referred to Measles alone.
Whooping Cough caused 45 deaths, as against 78 and 64 in
the two preceding years.
Diarrhcea is a disease which proves most fatal to infants, from
improper artificial feeding. During the year 67 deaths were
registered, as against 50, 66, and 81 for the three previous years.
The death rate from this disease was equivalent to an annual
death rate per 1,000 of 0·54, whilst for London generally, it was
0·83 per 1,000, and for the 32 great provincial towns, it was 1·46.