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Typhoid Fever.
There were 67 notifications of this disease, with 10
deaths, as compared with 50 notifications and 9 deaths, in
1895.
There was no notification of small-pox in this District
during 1896.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The total number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs was 228, as compared with 329 in the previous
year. Of this number 11 deaths were attributed directly
to Influenza, as compared with 61 in 1895.
Inquests.
Coroner's inquests were held in 89 cases of death.
The causes of death were returned as follows:—
Natural causes 43
Violent deaths 46
Of these latter 38 were accidental, 7 suicidal, and 1 the result
of hanging by the public executioner.
Marriages.
During the year 1896 there were 544 Marriages in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 407 were solemnised in the
various Churches, 39 in Dissenting Chapels, and 98 at the
Registrar's Office.
During the same period there were 158 marriages in the
Hamlet of Penge, of which 119 were solemnised in Churches,
20 in Dissenting Chapels, and 19 at the Registrar's Office.
Total for the year 702, us compared with 642 in 1895.
The marriage rate was equal to 13.0 persons married
per 1,000 of estimated population. The mean rate in England
and Wales for 10 years—1886-1895—was 14.9.
Meteorology.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1896
was 50.1.
The highest reading by day, 91.1, was registered in
July, and the lowest reading bv night, 24.3, in November.
Rain fell on 101 days. The total amount of rainfall was
22.42 inches.
I am, Gentlemen,
Faithfully yours,
S BLAKE JOLLY,
Medical Officer of Health to the Lewisham District.