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The example of Woolwich, has since been followed in 12
Metropolitan and 35 provincial Boroughs, or Urban areas.
Syphilis.
103. There were 14 deaths from Syphilis, compared with 8
and 14 in the two preceding years. Seven of these occurred in
the Workhouse Infirmary, and two in outlying Institutions. Five
were males and nine females, and six were infants under five
years. There were in addition 19 deaths from general paralysis
and tabes dorsalis (loco-motor ataxy) diseases, which are now
considered to be usually due to Syphilis.
Meteorology.—See Table VIII.)
104. The first or winter quarter of the year was comparatively
warm, and therefore favourable to health; it had nine weeks
with an average temperature above normal and four below. The
spring and summer each had six weeks above the normal
temperature, and seven below. The autumn quarter was cold,
having five weeks above and eight weeks below normal. October
and November were specially cold months. In the first two
weeks of December, there were seven days of fog, and in each of
these weeks the number af deaths exceeded the number in any
week of the year, with two exceptions; the number of deaths
from Bronchitis and Pneumonia in these weeks of fog, and the
two following weeks was 56, which is nearly one-fourth of the
total deaths from these diseases during the whole year, or nearly
thrice the monthly average.
The highest number of deaths was in the fourth week of April
and the lowest in the third week of October.
The lowest temperature 19.7, occurred in the first week of
January, and the highest 87.2 in the fourth week of July.
The Rainfall of the year, 23 inches, was a little below the
average. Most rain fell in the second quarter.
N.B.—For further remarks on the temperature of the summer
quarter, see special report on Zymotic Enteritis.