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very warm summer. The rise in the Diarrhoea death rate does
not begin till the average weekly temperature of the thermometer
(suspended in an iron tube 4 feet deep in the earth) has reached
56° F. This takes place about a week later than that in the air.
The temperature was above 56° F. for 16 continuous weeks, from
the third week in June to the last week in September.
Measles.— The corrected number of deaths was 57. The
annual average number for the last 10 years was 55.8. These
deaths were equal to a rate of .97 per 1,000 of the population, that
for the whole of London being .68.
The deaths from Zymotic Diseases numbered 249, and
correspond to a death rate of 4.24 per 1,000 of the population.
The Zymotic death rate for the whole of London was 2.77 per
1,000. Such deaths include Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Whooping Cough, Puerperal
Fever, Enteric and Simple Continued Fevers, and Diarrhoea.
The deaths from Inflammatory Affections of the Lungs
numbered 219, and correspond to a death rate of 3.5 per 1,000
of the population.
The number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age was
388. This corresponds to a infantile mortality of 208 for every
1,000 registered births. The infantile mortality for London as a
whole was 166 per 1,000 births.
Seventy-seven deaths were due to old age. This corresponds
to a death rate of 1.3 per 1,000 of the population.
One hundred and thirty six deaths were due to Phthisis
which is equal to a death rate of 2.3 per 1,000. The death rate
for London was 172 per 1,000. In addition there were 51 deaths
of other diseases of a Tubercular nature. The death rate for all
diseases of a Tubercular nature was 3.1 per 1,000. In other
words 13 per cent of all deaths were due to Tubercle in some
form or other. Great prominence has been given lately to the
large number of deaths due to Tuberculosis. As you know a