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explained by the diminished proportion of children under five in
the population, owing to the continuously low birth rate.
Fever.—No death was registered either from Typhus Fever
or from Simple Continued Fever, while the deaths from Enteric
Fever were only eleven in number—one more than in 1885, and
less than half the corrected decennial average (24.4). Seven of
the deaths were registered in the Town sub-district, and four in
Brompton. Two of the deaths took place in hospitals, to which
thirteen patients were removed. The recorded cases were 24;
twelve in North Kensington and twelve in South Kensington, the
Uxbridge Road being the dividing line. The deaths in London
from enteric fever in 1886, shew a diminution of 320, compared
with annual deaths in 1876-85, corrected for increase of population.
But the disease appears to have been prevalent beyond the
average in the autumn, inasmuch as the admissions at the Asylums
Board Hospitals were more numerous in October than in any
month since October 1881.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 90 deaths, 72 in the Town subdistrict,
and 18 in Brompton. This number was four in excess of
the number in 1885, but fewer by 22 than the corrected decennial
average. Eighty-three of the deaths were of children under five,
including 71 under one year. Of the total number, 67 were registered
in twelve weeks, July 18th—October 9th inclusive. The deaths from
diarrhoea in London generally, were 720 in excess of the corrected
decennial average, this increased mortality being due to the hot
weather that prevailed throughout the summer, the mean temperature
for each month from July to October inclusively, having been
considerably above the previous average.
Cholera.—Only one death from English Cholera was
registered in the course of the year. Outbreaks of Asiatic
Cholera, however, in different parts of Europe, kept attention alive
to the possibility of this country being invaded by that fell disease
at any time. It is satisfactory, therefore, to know that the sanitary
survey of the outports, which the Medical Department of the
Local Government Board has been prosecuting for some time past,
has made satisfactory progress, and issued in much improvement