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ber of deaths in the quarter corresponding with the last was 69; this
average being raised in proportion to increase of population, in order to
admit of a just comparison, becomes 76. The total number of deaths
registered during the past quarter was 68, and therefore 8 below the
average. The comparison spoken of also shows that one-third fewer
deaths from epidemic disease occurred in the past quarter than in the
corresponding quarter of 1856. By a similar comparison of the tables
of disease and mortality amongst the Union poor, it has been found
that there was upwards of one-fifth less disease, and upwards of
one-third fewer resulting deaths during the December quarter of 1857
than during the same quarter of 1856. The past quarter has been
characterized by the prevalence of influenza, and much fatality from
diseases of the respiratory organs; nearly one fourth of the total
number of deaths being attributable to the latter diseases. The quarter
has also been remarkable for an almost entire absence of the eruptive
fevers. An unusually high state of the barometer prevailed, especially
during December."
STREATHAM, TOOTING, and BALHAM.—The sub-district
which comprises the above three localities, under the respective sanitary
superintendence of Mr. Brown, Mr. Chapman, and Mr Ward, furnishes
returns for a very satisfactory quarterly summary, though it appears
there has been a slight increase in the number of deaths during the
past quarter over the number registered during the three preceding
quarters. The total number of deaths from all the causes specified in
Tables I and II, appended to this Report, is 28. In the three preceding
quarters, the numbers of fatal cases were respectively 21 25, and 26.
The excess of the past quarter is more marked in the register of lung
diseases than in that of any other malady; but it is gratifying to find
that, in respect to the diseases of the zymotic class, a considerable fall
in the rate of mortality is observable in the present return when compared
with that which immediately preceded it. In the quarter just
past, but 3 deaths were recorded as the result of epidemic disease;
whilst there appears in the register of the September quarter as many
as 8 deaths from this class of maladies. The number of deaths during
the quarter, compared with the number of eases treated amongst the
out-door poor of the three parishes comprising the sub-district of Streatham,
is also small. Of 108 cases of sickness, attended .by the Union,