View report page

A similar communication was sent to the Managers of St.
James', Hatcham, National Schools, and these Schools were also
closed.
I gave instructions that the rooms were to he properly disinfected
; that the desks, benches and forms, as well as the floors
and walls should be washed, and the windows and doors to be
kept open as much as possible for ventilation.
It is not surprising therefore that the death rate was high for
the year, for 74 deaths were registered as occurring in private
dwellings and four in hospital, whilst for the previous year 1897,
only 18 deaths were registered in the district and 5 in the hospital.
The year 1896 however showed 120 deaths in private houses and
11 in hospital.
Whooping Cough caused 74 deaths; there were 72 deaths
in the two parishes and 2 in outlying Institutions, as against 28
for the previous year, and 78 for 1896.
Diarrhcea was the assigned cause of 138 deaths, of these
130 occurred in the district, and 8 in outlying Institutions, as
against 135 for the previous year.
Respiratory Diseases.—Under this heading are included
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy ; 318 deaths were registered
in the district, and 96 as occurring in outlying Institutions; or a
total of 414, as against 379 for the previous year.
Phthisis, Pulmonary Consumption or Tuberculosis was
the cause of a total of 177 deaths as against 154 for the previous
year; of these 177 deaths, 130 were registered in the district,
and 47 in outlying Institutions. This disease is now proved
c