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Diarrhoea (Decennial Average, 58.4).—The deaths from diarrhoea
numbered 39 (of which 32 were children), against an average of 58.4
for the ten preceding years. This low death-rate may be accounted
for by the extreme wet and cold which prevailed in the summer.
The disease notably attacks young children during the hot weather,
and its fatality varies with the temperature.
THE OTHER ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Total deaths, 38.
METRIA (puerperal or lying-in fever) was fatal to 5 poor women
soon after their confinement; Croup carried off 11 children; Erysipelas
caused 4 deaths; Quinsy 1; Rheumatism (accute and chronic)
3; Alcoholism (delirium tremens) 1; Syphilis destroyed 7 children
all under 1 year of age, and Quotidian Ague, a disease rarely fatal in
London, was stated to be the cause of 1 death.
II. PULMONARY DISEASES.
(Other than Phthisis.)
Total deaths, 291. Death-rate per 1,000, 5.4.
The deaths from the following diseases were :—Bronchitis, 210;
Pneumonia, 65 ; Laryngitis, 3 ; Pleurisy, 4; Asthma, 2 ; and other
Lung diseases (excluding consumption), 7.
The mortality is high, but less than in the preceding year—
Bronchitis again heads the list with 210 deaths, 85 being children
under 1 year, and 114 those of persons above 40 years of age, showing
that the disease chiefly attacks the very young and old.
III.—TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Total deaths, 146. Death-rate per 1,000, 2.73.
Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
No deaths were recorded either from Scrofula or Rickets.
Tabes (Consumption of the bowels or mesenteric disease) was
fatal to 19 children.
Phthisis (Consumption).—Carried off 127 persons at various ages,
ranging from 1 to nearly 80; the deaths between 1 and 20 years, were
10, between 20 and 60 years, reached 107, above 60 years, declined
to 10.
The mortality of consumptive patients in St. Giles, South, the
registration Sub-District in which the Workhouse is situated, was
double of either of the other Sub-Districts.
IV.—WASTING DISEASES OF INFANTS.
(Under 5 years.) Total deaths, 74. Death-rate per 1,000, 1.38.
Includes Atrophy and Debility, Want of Breast Milk and
Premature Birth.
No death was registered from want of breast milk,