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inclusion in the London mortality this year for the first time
of the deaths of London parishioners which occurred in certain
lunatic and imbecile asylums situated outside the metropolitan
area.
Nineteen of the 258 deaths were from zymotic causes,
viz.;—
At Western Fever Hospital, Fulham (scarlet fever 7,
enteric fever 1, measles 1).
., Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street (diphtheria
2).
,, King's College Hospital (diphtheria 3, enteric
fever 2).
,, Westminster Hospital (whooping-cough 1).
,, Guy's Hospital (diarrhoea 1).
., Cleveland Street Sick Asylum (whooping-cough l).
Deaths in certain Classes of Diseases,
1. SPECIFIC FEBRTLE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The seven principal diseases in this class are, small-pox,
measles, scarlet-fever, diphtheria, whooping-cough, fever
(typhus, enteric, simple continued and relapsing), and
diarrhoea.
During 1890, in England and Wales, 59,698 deaths were
attributed to these diseases, being 3,343 fewer than the
number so referred in the previous year. The death-rate
from these diseases was 2.03 per 1,000 living, the rates in
the three preceding years having been 2.3, 1.8 and 2.1 per
1,000 respectively.
In London, 12,402 deaths were registered from these
diseases, equal to a zymotic death-rate of 2.7 per 1,000,
against 2.2 and 2.5 per 1,000 for the two preceding years.