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whooping cough, and 2 from enteric fever. In this month
diphtheria was absent from the list of fatal diseases for the only
time in 1887. The recorded cases of scarlet fever were 92. The
cases in the Asylums Board Hospitals had further risen on
November 5th to 2,516, showing an increase in the four weeks
of 757. The admissions were 1,208 against 986 in the previous
month, increase 222. The deaths in London were 243, and 15
above the corrected decennial average. The mean temperature
was 43°.2 and 4°.6 below the average.
In the twelfth period (45th—48th weeks, November 6th to
December 3rd) the death rate further rose to 18.1 per 1,000, or
0.7 above the decennial average, but it was 2.8 below the
Metropolitan rate (20.9), which was 07 below the average. The
deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class were
20, including 6 and 2 from measles and whooping cough, 4 and
6 from scarlet fever and diphtheria respectively. Sixty-four
cases of scarlet fever were recorded. The cases in the Asylums
Board Hospitals showed a slight increase, viz., from 2,516 on
November 5th to 2,562 on December 3rd. But the admissions
were 825 only, against 1,205 in the previous four-weekly period
—decrease 383. The deaths were 209 and 26 fewer than the
corrected decennial average. The mean temperature was 40°'3
and 20.3 below the average.
In the thirteenth and last four-weekly period (49th52nd
weeks December 4th-31st) the death rate fell (from 18.1)
to 15.8 per 1,000 being 2.5 below the decennial average and 4.6
below the Metropolitan rate (20.4) this being 3.0 below the
average. The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic
class were 24, viz., 5 and 6 from measles and whooping-cough,
4 each from scarlet fever, diphtheria, and diarrhoea, and one
from enteric fever. Thirty-four cases of scarlet fever were
recorded. The cases in the Asylums Board Hospitals on the
last day of the year were 2,046, a decrease of 516 since December
3rd. The admissions in the four weeks were 592, against
825 in the preceding month : decrease 233. The deaths were
154 and 39 below the corrected decennial average. The mean
temperature was 370.3 and lo.0 below the average.