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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton. 61
before they had assumed epidemic proportions. By at
once preventing children coming from infected houses,
or who have been especially exposed to the contagion,
from attending school, the extension of the disease I
think could be limited. Even during the existence of
these diseases, if the serious nature of them could be
impressed upon the people, and, therefore, the greater
necessity for care being taken, I feel sure the mortality
would be much lessened.
Small Pox.
No case of this disease was notified.
Puerperal
Fever.
No case of this disease was notified.
Influenza
This disease was again epidemic during the
early months of the year. Death was certified
to be the result of it in ten cases. This mortality is as
severe as we have had during any year with the exception
of 1895.
Diarrhoea.
Eleven deaths resulted from this disease. The
decennial average is 7.4. The death-rate for
the year from Diarrhoea was equal to .5 per 1,000. For
the whole of London the death-rate was .97 per 1,000.
Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.
212 deaths from Non-Zymotic diseases were notified.
Cancer and
other Tumours
For some years there appears to have been a
gradually increasing mortality from Cancer.
During 1898, 13 deaths were registered as occurring from
Cancer and other tumours, a decrease of five on the
number registered in 1897, which was the highest we have
ever had in this district.