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Diphtheria: 20 deaths were caused by this very fatal
disease, as against 24 in 1896, and an annual average of 20
during the preceding 7 years. Diphtheria also caused 11
deaths of Non-Parishioners in the Parish.
This disease is still exceedingly prevalent in London and
in some of the other great towns, the average death-rate
from it in the 33 largest English towns in 1897 being,
however, only about 7 per cent. above the average of the
preceding 10 years, and that of London 13 per cent. above
its average for the same period.
Whooping Cough: 16 deaths of Parishioners were registered,
the annual average of the previous 7 years having
been 23. This disease also caused 6 deaths of Non-Parishioners
in the Parish.
Typhus Fever was not, so far as I am aware, present in
the Parish during the year, and no death from it has been
recorded in the Parish since 1884.
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever: 11 deaths of Parishioners were
recorded, Being 1 more than the annual average. Eight
Non-Parishioners died of this disease in the Parish.
Simple continued Fever: No death from this disease
was registered.
Diarrhœa: This disease caused 25 deaths of Parishioners,
as against only 16 in 1896, and an annual average of 24.
It also caused 10 deaths of Non-Parishioners in the Parish.
I may note that the mean temperature of each quarter of
the year was above the average. The mean temperature
of the year was 50.3° F., or 1.6° F. above the average of
126 years, and 1.0° F. above the average of the last 56
years.