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Holborn and in St. Olave Southwark, 25.1 in St. Saviour
Southwark, 25.6 in Limehouse, 27.1 in St. George-in-theEast,
27.7 in St. George Southwark, and 28.4 in St. Luke.
During the year under notice, 11,147 deaths were referred to
the principal zymotic diseases in London; of these, three
resulted from small-pox, 2,141 from measles, 398 from
scarlet fever, 1,946 from diphtheria, 1,717 from whoopingcough,
two from typhus, 758 from enteric, one from simple
continued fever, and 4,181 from diarrhoea. These 11,147
deaths were equal to an annual rate of 2.46 per 1,000
against 3.11, 2.56, and 277 in the three preceding years;
this rate was slightly below the mean rate in the ten preceding
years 1889-98, which was 270 per 1,000. In the
various sanitary areas the zymotic death-rates ranged from
1.07 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 1.09 in St. George Hanover
Square, 1.12 in St. James Westminster, 11.6 in Hampstead,
1.33 in Stoke Newington, and 1.35 in Plumstead, to 3.46 in
Bermondsey, 3.51 in St. Saviour Southwark, 3.64 in Shoreditch,
3.67 in Newington, 3.78 in Limehouse, and 4.53 in
St. George Southwark. Compared with the averages in
the ten preceding years, the mortality from "fever" and
from diarrhœa showed an excess, while that from each of
the other principal zymotic diseases was below the average.
Of the three fatal cases of small-pox registered in London
during 1899, one belonged to Marylebone, one to Whitechapel,
and one to Lewisham sanitary areas. During last
year, 18 cases of small-pox were admitted into the Metropolitan
Asylums Hospitals, and seven remained under
treatment at the end of the year. Measles showed the
highest proportional fatality in St. George-in-the-East,
Limehouse, St. Saviour Southwark, St. George Southwark,
St. Olave Southwark, and Bermondsey sanitary areas.
Scarlet fever was proportionally most fatal in Fulham,
Clerkenwell, St. Luke, St. Olave Southwark, and Rotherhithe
sanitary areas; 13,641 scarlet fever patients were
admitted into the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals during
1899, and 2,797 remained under treatment at the end of
December last. Diphtheria caused the highest proportional
fatality in St. George Southwark, Newington, St. Olave
Southwark, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, and Lewisham