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On March '28th the cases in the hospitals had fallen (in eight
weeks from 1,147) to 865, with a corresponding decrease in
admissions and of deaths in London. Mean temperature 39°.9,
or 1°.3 below the average.
In the fourth period (13th.16th weeks, March 29th to April
25th) the death rate further rose to 20.1, but was 0.2 below the
average, and 2.3 below the Metropolitan rate, this being 1.8
below the average. The deaths from the principal zymotic
diseases were 30, (3 above the average,) including 5 from smallpox,
10 from measles, 11 from whooping cough, and 2 from enteric
fever. The reported cases of small.pox were thirty, 19 and 11 in
North and South Kensington respectively, double the number in
the previous month. Cases in hospitals, moreover, on April 25th
had risen to 1,034, and there was a corresponding rise in the
admissions and in mortality. A similar recrudescence of the
epidemic had occurred at about the same period in 1884. In
previous epidemics the disease had increased at the end of the year
at the onset of cold weather, and decreased with returning warm
weather in spring. Mean temperature 46°.4, or 1°.5 above the
average.
In the fifth period (17th.20th weeks, April 26th to May 23rd)
the death rate fell to 16.9, but was 0.1 above the average : it was
2'5 below the Metropolitan rate, this being 1.9 below the average.
The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases were 38 (15 above
the average), including small.pox 5, measles 22, whooping cough
9, and enteric fever 1. The reported cases of small.pox were 31
(8 and 23 in North and South Kensington respectively), and by
May 23rd the cases in hospitals had further risen to 1,374.
Mean temperature 48°.6, or 1°.5 below the average.
In the sixth period (21st.24th weeks, May 24th to June
20th) the death rate rose to 17.7, and was 0.9 above the average:
it was only 0.3 below the Metropolitan rate, which was 1.4 below
the average. The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases
were 49 (17 above the average), including small.pox 3, measles 30,
whooping cough 9, diphtheria and enteric fever each 1. The
reported cases of small.pox fell to 18; 4 and 14 in North and