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In all London, in 1893, these diseases caused 13,223
deaths equal to a Zymotic death-rate of 3.0 per 1,000.
In England and Wales there were 73,499 deaths, corresponding
to a Zymotic death-rate of 2.47 per thousand.
In St. Giles District, the deaths from the same class of
diseases were 91, equivalent to a Zymotic death-rate of
2.2 per 1,000.
MIASMATIC ORDER.
1.—Small-Pox.
The deaths from small-pox in London, during 1893, were
206, the corrected decennial average being 305, during the
same period 2,933 cases were notified.
At the beginning of 1893 it was reported, "that smallpox
has steadily prevailed during the last quarter of the
year 1892, and not only does the number of places (in the
United Kingdom) tend to increase, but the number of
persons notified to be suffering from the disease is also on
the increase."
At the end of the first week in January, 38 small-pox
patients belonging to various Metropolitan parishes were
receiving treatment at the Hospital Ships; this number
increased week by week, until it reached its maximum of
569 cases on May the 13th. From that date to the end of
September the number declined to 77. From September
to November 18th, the number gradually rose to 151.
From the end of that month to the end of the year it again
fell to 93.