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was only half as high again as in the previous 10 years. The
Towns that have shewn a notable decrease in their deathrates
from this disease, are Portsmouth, Bristol, Wolverhampton,
Nottingham, Oldham, Huddersfield and Cardiff.
Whooping Cough: no less than 47 deaths were registered
as against 31 in 1888, and an average of 33.3 during the
previous 10 years.
Typhus Fever was not, so far as I am aware, present in
the parish during the year, and only one death from it has
been recorded in the Parish since 1881.
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever: 12 deaths were registered,
or 6 less than in 1889, and nearly 4 less than the corrected
average for the previous 10 years. Of these 12 deaths,
however, 9 were those of Non-Parishioners in St. George's
Hospital, leaving only 3 deaths of Parishioners.
On the other hand two of our Parishioners died of this
disease in public institutions outside the Parish, making 5
parishioners altogether.
Simple Continued Fever: two deaths were registered from
this disease. There was, however, also a death of an
infant from "Infantile Remittent Fever."
Diarrhoea: 29 deaths were registered, being 2 less than in
1889, and against an average of 37.5 during the previous 10
years. They were all deaths of Parishioners. I may note that
the temperature of the autumn quarter was 40.8, was no less
than 2.9 degrees below the average of the previous 119 years,
and no less than 3.6 degrees below the average of the
previous 49 years, and that the temperature of the summer
quarter 59.4 was slightly below the average. The mean
temperature of the year was 48.6 degrees, being the same
as the average of 119 years, but 0.7 below the average of
the previous 49 years.