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Diphtheria caused the deaths of 25 parishioners, against 18
for the year 1895; although an increase, these figures will
bear favourable comparison with those relating to the surrounding
sanitary districts, and also the Metropolis as a whole. The
rate for St. Luke being 0.62 per 1,000 persons living, Islington
yielding 0.74, Clerkenwell 0.62, and Shoreditch 0.60 per 1,000.
The total deaths in the Metropolis amounted to 2,683, being at
the rate of 0.60 per 1,000, against 2,316, or 0'54 per 1,000, for
the previous year.
The number of cases of sickness from Diphtheria notified in
the Parish was 131, and from Membranous Croup 3.
Fever.—Under this heading four deaths were registered,
all being ascribed to Enteric or Typhoid Fever. Two died in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital and two in their own homes, but all
belonged to the City .Road Registration District. There were 609
deaths classed as "Fever" within the Metropolitan area during
the year, being 20 less than the previous year, and equal to a
rate of 0.14 per 1,000, and slightly below the average rate
(0.15) in the previous 10 years. The table of Infectious Sickness
shows a considerable increase under the head of Fever
compared with the two previous years, there being notified 38
cases of Enteric Fever, 2 of Continued Fever and 2 of Puerperal
Fever.
During the year 1895, 32 cases in all were certified, and for
1894, 17 cases.
Whooping Coush was the cause of 23 deaths in the Parish,
a number considerably below the average. The deaths from
this disease in London amounted to 2,937, equal to a deathrate
of 0.65 per 1,000 living, and far in excess of the rate for
several years, the mean rate for 10 years having been 0.60 per
1,000. This not being among the notifiable diseases, I am
unable to state the amount of sickness due to it during the year.
Measles.— The degree of prevalence of this malady like the
last can only be judged of by the number of deaths ascribed to
it, because it also is not notifiable under the Public Health
(London) Act, but it is satisfactory to note that it is credited
with having caused only 32 deaths, against 99 for the preceding