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Other Miasmatic DiseaseS.
I.—Influenza.
The deaths from this disease, which were 10, 31, 29, and
in the 4 years 1890, 1891, 1892, and 1893 were 23 in the
past year. All the deaths occurred at middle or advanced
ages.
14 of the total deaths occurred to inmates of the
Workhouse.
The mortality in all London was 750 against 2,336, 2,264
and 1,526 in the three preceding years.
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
The Tubercular diseases belong to this class, and caused
172 deaths, viz.:—
Phthisis (consumption) 122
Various forms of Scrofula 50
III.—Diseases of Respiratory System.
These diseases of the lungs and air passages were
accountable for 148 deaths, viz.:—
Bronchitis 108
Pneumonia 39
Asthma 1
The deaths in all London from the same class of diseases
were, in the year 1894, below the average by 4,733.