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Scarlet Fever: although only one death from this
disease was registered in the Parish during the year, there
were 5 deaths of our Parishioners from it in Public
Institutions outside of the Parish.
Diphtheria: only 16 deaths were (according to the
Registrar General) registered in the Parish from this
disease, the smallest number since 1882, being 13 less than
in 1890, and nearly 13 below the annual average for the
previous 10 years. Among the 16 deaths registered in the
Parish, there was one death of a Non.Parishioner. On the
other hand there were 6 deaths from Diphtheria of Parishioners
in Public Institutions outside the Parish. (My
Tables, however, show that only 14 deaths from this disease
were registered in the Parish, one being that of a Non.
Parishioner, leaving 13 deaths of Parishioners, which,
together with the 6 deaths of Parishioners from this disease
in Public Institutions outside of the Parish, make 19
deaths of Parishioners altogether, as shown in Tables
5a and 5b.)
Diphtheria is still exceedingly prevalent in London and
in some of the other great towns, although the average
death.rate from it in the 28 largest English towns in 1891,
was only a little above the average of the preceding
10 years. In London, however, the death.rate from it was
23 per cent above the average, in Norwich nearly twice
the average, in Derby nearly 3 times the average, in
Manchester 41 per cent, above the average, and in Newcastle
over 69 per cent, above the average. On the other hand, in
some towns it was below the average, as in Portsmouth,
where it was only about a third of the average, Plymouth,
where it was less than half the average, and Bristol and
Cardiff, where it was about two.thirds of the average.