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less than the average number. The deaths from Measles
and Whooping-Cough were of equal amount; the former
were 23 per cent, above and the latter 8 per cent, below
the average. The deaths from Diphtheria were upwards
of one and a half times more numerous than the average.
The fatal cases of Scarlatina were considerably less than
half the average amount, and those of Fever were less
by about a seventh part. 10 isolated cases of Small-pox
occurred in different parts of the district, and were
removed to hospital, but were unattended with fatality.
The incidencc of these diseases in relation to
population varied very considerably as usual in the several
sub-districts; thus, the deaths from Measles were in
excess in Battersea and more so in Clapham, but of
relatively small amount in the other sub-districts.
Those from Scarlatina were high in Battersea and Putney,
low m Wandsworth, and very low in Streatham. As in
the preceding year the mortality from Diphtheria in most
part fell on Putney, but it was in excess in Wandsworth
and more so in Streatham, while it was proportionally low
in Clapham and very low in Battersea; the fatality from
Whooping-Cough was high in Battersea and very low in
the other parishes. The fatal cases of Fever were slightly
in excess in Streatham and more so in Wandsworth,
while they were low in Putney, very low in Clapham,
and of due amount in Battersea. From Diarrhœa
the deaths were few in Clapham, and considerably less than
half their proportional amount in the other sub-districts,
except Battersea, which sustained the bulk of the
mortality from that disease. The death-rates from these
diseases in the several sub-districts in relation to population
as well as to the total mortality are compared with those
of the five preceding years in the following table:—