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INFLUENZA.
Sixty.three deaths were registered from Influenza, as compared with 50, 49, and 52, in the
preceding three years; 44 in the Town sub.district, and 19 in Brompton. The deaths in London,
as a whole, were 967, against 709, 689, and 895, in the preceding three years.
DEATHS FROM OTHER "GENERAL" DISEASES.
Syphilis was the cause of 15 deaths, all of them in the Town sub.district.
Puerperal Diseases were the causes of three deaths—between 25 and 45 years of age—all in
the Town sub.district; six deaths were registered as having occurred from accidents connected with
childbirth. These nine deaths were equal to 2.6 per 1,000 live births, compared with rates of
3.5, 2.0, and 4.7, per 1,000 in the preceding three years respectively.
Erysipelas was the cause of five deaths, 4 of them in the Town sub.district. The notifications
were 127 in number.
Tuberculosis in its various forms was the cause of 264 deaths, as compared with 342, 273, and
299, in the preceding three years; 213 in the Town sub-district, and 51 in Brompton; 46 of them
under five years of age. Tubercular Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) was the certified cause
of 144 deaths (114 and 30 in the Town and Brompton sub-districts respectively), and " Phthisis "
of 30; total 174, or 0.96 per 1,000 of the population. Tubercular Meningitis was the cause of
39 deaths; Tubercular Peritonitis of 12; and General Tuberculosis of 33. The deaths from
tubercular diseases were, proportionately to population, not so numerous in Brompton as in the
Town sub.district. The total deaths were in the proportion of 1.5 per 1,000 of the population.