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being 27.7. This disease was exceedingly prevalent in
London during the months of April and May, and there
was a considerable outbreak in the Belgravia Sub-District
during those two months. As it is not a notifiable disease,
I requested the authorities of the schools to inform me
when they are aware that children are absent from school
on account of it.
Scarlet Fever: although only four deaths from this
disease were registered in the Parish during the year, there
were 8 deaths of our Parishioners from it in Public Institutions
outside of the Parish, making 12 deaths of
Parishioners from this disease.
Diphtheria: 25 deaths were registered in the Parish from
this disease, but 9 of these were those of Non-Parishioners.
On the other hand, there were 7 deaths of Parishioners
from Diphtheria in Public Institutions outside the Parish.
This disease is still exceedingly prevalent in London and
in some of the other great towns, the average death-rate
from it in the 33 largest English towns in 1892 being a
third above the average of the preceding 10 years. In
London the death-rate from it was 63 per cent. above the
average, in Sheffield nearly three times the average, in
Derby over twice the average, in Bristol 55 per cent., in
Newcastle 47 per cent., and in Brighton 43 per cent. above
the average. On the other hand, in some towns it was
below the average, as in Portsmouth and Plymouth, where
it was only a little over half the average, in Liverpool where
it was a third less than the average, and in Salford where
it was a sixth less than the average.
Whooping Cough: only 20 deaths were registered (1
being that of a Non-Parishioner), as against 24 in 1891,
and 48 in 1890, and an average of 34 during the previous
10 years.