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Diphtheria resulted in 22 deaths, as compared with 15
in the preceding year, and 30 and 53 in 1889 and 1888
respectively. Other 8 deaths must be added for outside
Institutions. The number of cases reported, including
8 of Membraneous Croup, was 182. The case mortality
was 17.4 per cent.
Enteric Fever caused 10 deaths, as compared with 14
in 1890. The intimations numbered 64. The case
mortality was 15.6 per cent.
Diarrhœa, &c., resulted in 51 deaths, as compared with
73 in the previous year. This is a satisfactorily low
figure.
Measles and Whooping Cough again largely swell the
Zymotic death-roll, as they numbered 78 and 75 respectively,
or very nearly half the total deaths. Both
figures are lower than in 1890, when they were 87 and
95 respectively. The subject of the prevention of these
eminently "preventible" diseases will be returned to
further on.
Puerperal Fever is accredited with 6 deaths. Only 10
cases of illness were notified, showing that a very large
proportion end fatally.
Mortality
from other
Diseases.
The clases of diseases in which an increase
is noticed are Cancers and other Tumours,
Respiratory diseases, and Circulatory diseases. With
regard to Cancers this appears to be the case in London
generally, where there was last year an excess of 412
over the decennial average, and the increase has been
noted for several years, and appears to be progressive.