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According to the usual method of calculating the population, on
the increase between the last two decennial censuses, it would
have been estimated at 6,002—a difference of 91. This makes
only a fractional difference in the birth and death rates of .34 in
the former, and of .22 in the latter. Of the 17 deaths occurring
in "outlying" places, 10 were in the Lewisham Infirmary, and
exactly half of these were of persons over 70 years of age. Four
were in the South-eastern Fever Hospital, three from Scarlet
Fever, and one from Diphtheria. Of the five deaths of persons not
belonging to the district, three were from accidents.
Zymotic Disease.
Deaths
3. There were eight deaths from notifiable Zymotic disease,
against seven last year; giving a death rate of 1.35, that for the
whole of London being 0.94. There were besides 10 deaths from
non-notifiable zymotic disease, giving a death rate from all these
put together of 3 04—that for the whole of London being 3.16.
Zymotic Cases Notified.
4. 85 cases of this class were notified during the year viz:—
Small Pox 0
Scarlet Fever 47
Diphtheria 12
Typhoid Fever 11
Erysipelas 13
Puerperal Fever 2
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