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282 and 330 for the two previous years, whilst in the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's South-Eastern Hospital 261 were registered;
of these, 30 were parishioners of Deptford.
A full detailed account of the deaths from all the Zymotic
diseases which occurred in the two parishes, as well as in the
Hospital, will be found in Tables Nos. 5 and 6, and a full account
of the Infectious diseases which have been notified in Deptford
(1,478 in all), under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, will
be found in Table No. 7.
Table No. 8 shows the cases notified and deaths from
principal Infectious diseases in London, during the year ending
January 2nd, 1896.
Table No. 9 gives the analysis of the vital and mortal statistics
of thirty-three of the largest English towns during the year 1896,
showing, among other particulars, the statistics of the deaths from
the principal Zymotic diseases.
Small-Pox. Only nine cases occurred in the district during
the year, though 12 certificates of notification were received under
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891; 4 cases occurred in one
family in Mill Lane, 2 in one house in Church Street, 2 in one
house in Queen Street, and one case in Ravensbourne Street; all
were removed to Hospital for treatment. Two other cases were
returned from the Hospital as not Small-Pox, and one case was
reported twice. For the previous year the number notified was
35.
Scarlet Fever. Of this disease, no less than 759 cases
were notified in my district, as against 608 and 789 for the two
preceding years; 15 deaths were recorded in the district, and 73