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SCARLATINA.
The deaths from this disease were 28 in number, or 53 below the average.
TYPHUS.
This is the fifth consecutive year that no death has been registered in St.
Pancras from this disease.
WHOOPING COUGH.
108 deaths were recorded from this disease, 66 below the annual average.
DIPHTHERIA.
From this disease an increase of 11 deaths upon the annual average occurred
during the past year. The numbers being 62 against 51.
CONTINUED FEYER.
The number of deaths from Continued Fever was two, about the annual
average.
TYPHOID OR ENTERIC FEVER.
Typhoid Fever caused 29 deaths during the year, the annual average for the
preceding ten years being 57.
DIARRHCEA.
Diarrhoea showed a slight increase in the number of deaths attributed to it,
183 against an average of 177.
SEPTIC DISEASES.
The number of deaths from these diseases in 1887 were 49, in 1888 were 4.3,
and in 1889 were 34, viz., 11 from Erysipelas, 17 from Septicæmia, and 6 from
Puerperal Fever.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
The number of deaths from Tubercular Diseases which fell in 1888 to 617,
rose in 1889 to 682.
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
The deaths from Respiratory Diseases which numbered 975 in 1888, fell to
871 in 1889.
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Violence was the cause of 177 deaths, or 20 more than in 1888, 136 being
due to accident or negligence, 8 to homicide, and 38 to suicide.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
The number of uncertified deaths was 5, the same number as in the previous
year.
INQUESTS.
431 inquests were held in St. Pancras during (he year, about the average
usual Dumber.