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Scarlet Fever caused 40 deaths, a larger number than
in any year since 1870, when it was severely epidemic and
caused 133 deaths, but still a smaller number than the
annual average for seven years.
Diphtheria was unusually fatal, causing 16 deaths, or
nearly twice the annual average; this disease is frequently
associated with scarlet fever.
Whooping Cough caused 42 deaths, rather fewer than
the annual average, but more than during either of the
two previous years.
Fever—Including typhus, enteric or typhoid, and
simple continued fever, caused no less than 37 deaths, a
larger number than in either of the previous seven years
except 1870, when it caused 41 deaths.
Diarrhœa caused rather fewer deaths than the average
number.
The 227 deaths from these diseases are equivalent to
a rate of 2.5 per 1000 of the population; the rate for
London generally was 3.9, and that for 18 of the largest
English towns (including London) was 4.4, neither of
those towns having as low a rate as ours.

In all these instances, reported by Medical men and
by the Relieving Officers, thorough disinfection of the
places and clothing was carried out, according to the