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rate, which was 2.9 below the average. The deaths from the
principal diseases of the zymotic class were 24 (two below
the average), including 10 from whooping cough, the mortality
from which had reached its highest point (19 deaths) in the previous
month. In the month under consideration there were again
four deaths from diphtheria; one of these occured in a house let
furnished, which was found to be in an unsatisfactory sanitary condition.
An infant and a lady sent from this house to the country
subsequently sickened and died from diphtheria. The mean temperature
was 51°.9, and 2°.7 above the average.
In the sixth period (21st-24th weeks, May 23rd to June 19th)
the rate of mortality further fell to 11.6 per 1,000 (the lowest
recorded during the year), being 5.3 below the decennial average,
and 3.9 below the Metropolitan rate, which was 3.7 below the
average. The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic
class were 11 only, and 24 below the corrected decennial average,
the deaths from whooping cough being only 3. The mean temperature
was 55°.3, and 0°.9 below the average.
In the seventh period (25th-28th weeks, June 20th to July
17th), the rate of mortality rose to 12.8 per 1,000, being 2.4
below the decennial average, and 5.1 below the Metropolitan rate,
this being 1.6 below the average. The deaths from the principal
diseases of the zymotic class were 20 (19 below the average),
measles, whooping cough, and diarrhoea being accountable for 5,
4, and 8 deaths respectively. The mean temperature was 62°.6,
and 1°.1 above the average.
In the eighth period (29th-32nd weeks, July 18th to August
14th) the rate of mortality further rose to 15.4 per 1,000, but was
1.7 below the decennial average, and 5.2 below the Metropolitan
rate, which was 1.6 below the decennial average. The deaths
from the principal diseases of the zymotic class were 40, but 18
below the average. Measles and whooping cough were the causes
of 6 and 4 deaths respectively. Diarrhœa, which in the previous
month had caused 8 deaths, was fatal to 27 persons, two at
advanced ages, and 25 of children under five, including 21
infants under one year. The deaths attributed to diarrhoea and