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Diarrhoea is coincident with an unusually low average
temperature, the mean Summer temperature having been
only 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit less
than the mean Summer temperature during the past 115
years, and 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit less than the mean
Summer temperature of the past 45 years.
No death from English Cholera was registered.
Small-Pox in London.
From the Registrar-General's Annual Summary I find
that the numbers of deaths caused by this disease during
the past 14 years have been the following:—
1875 46 deaths.
1876 736 „
1877 2,551 „
1878 1,417 „
1879 450 „
1880 471
1881 2,367 „
1882 430 „
1883 136 „
1884 1,236 „
1885 1,419 „
1886 24 ,,
1887 9 „
1888 9 „
thus showing that London is at present remarkably free
from this disease. There can be no doubt, however, that,
as I remarked in my last annual report, in order to keep
the metropolis free from Small-pox it is necessary that the
Re-vaccination of Adults should be systematically carried
out.
Sanitary Work.
For the Year ending March 31st, 1889.
The following table has been compiled for me by Mr.
Joseph Snook, your Senior Sanitary Inspector, from the
Report Book:—