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indeed, 3 of these deaths were those of non-Parishioners, in
St. George's Hospital.
The 25 deaths from "fevers" were decidedly below the
average of 30, and were considerably below the numbers of
the two previous years, when the deaths under this head
were above the average. On the other hand, the deaths
from enteric fever in London generally were much higher in
1877 than in 1876.
Of these 25 deaths, 2 were registered as from typhus,
17 from enteric (typhoid), and 6 from simple continued
fever.
Of the 2 deaths from typhus, 1 was that of a case
brought into St. George's Hospital from Chelsea, and the
other was a doubtful case, registered as "Febris Recidiva,"
and probably not typhus at all.
Of the 17 deaths registered as from enteric (typhoid)
fever, 5 were those of non-Parishioners in St. George's
Hospital; 2 others were certainly imported cases, and
another probably so too, and 1 was really a death from
puerperal fever; so that only 8 were undoubtedly fatal
cases belonging to the Parish.
The deaths from diarrha were only 35 in number, or
decidedly less even than last year, when they were 47, a
smaller number than in any previous year; the average
number per annum during the nine years from 1868 to
1876, inclusive, was 66.
Vaccination.
By the courtesy of the Public Vaccinators, I am enabled
to give the following return of the numbers of persons
vaccinated or re-vaccinated by them during the year 1877.