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temperature, meantime, having fallen to 58.3, (4.1 below the
decennial average). The death-rate, moreover, rose to
14.8, but it was 2.7 below the decennial rate, and 5.5 below
the Metropolitan rate; this, again, being 2'3 below the
decennial average. The deaths from the principal diseases
of the zymotic class (39), which in the previous period had
been six only below the corrected decennial average, were
during the period under notice, as many as 21 below the
average (60), notwithstanding the prevalence of infantile
diarrhoea.
In the ninth period (33rd-36th weeks; August 12 to September
8), the deaths from diarrhcea (10) were 20 below the average.
The death-rate declined to 13.8, being 1.3 below the
decennial average, and 3.8 below the Metropolitan rate (17.6),
this again being 2.4 below the decennial average (20.0).
The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class
(21) were 19 below the average (40): mean temperature 60°.9;
average of ten years, 60°.7.
In the tenth period (37th-40th weeks; September 9 to
October 6), the death-rate fell to the lowest point touched in
1883, the remarkably low rate of 10.7 per 1,000 having been
recorded: it was 3.7 below the decennial average (14.2), and
6.0 below the Metropolitan rate (16.7), this being 2.1 below
the average. The deaths from diarrhcea were two only, and
the deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class
(12), were 11 below the average: mean temperature 55°.2;
average of ten years, 55°.0.
In the eleventh period (41st-44th weeks; October 7 to
November 3), the death-rate rose to 14.9: but it was 1.2
below the decennial average, and 4.0 below the Metropolitan
rate (18.9), which was 2.l below the average (21.0). The
deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class were
22, or two below the average: there were four deaths from
enteric fever, the disease being prevalent in the south west
of the parish: mean temperature 50°.6; average of ten
years, 51°.2.