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DIPHTHERIA.
(Decennial average, 11.1).
Diphtheria was the registered cause of 21 deaths. This
figure, however, I regard as somewhat problematical; for "Croup"
and "Diphtheria" frequently mean the same disease; and 42
deaths were returned from Croup.
WHOOPING-COUGH.
(Decennial average, 123.6).
Whooping-Cough caused the large number of 148 deaths. The
increased mortality from this disease was local, as the deaths over
the whole of London were below the average.
MEASLES.
(Decennial average, 96.8).
Measles caused 108 deaths, out of which all except 9 were of
young children. The mortality was somewhat above the average
of the previous ten years, but much below that of the year 1886.
DIARRHOEA.
(Decennial average, 105.2),
The deaths from Diarrhœal diseases, including simple Cholera,
were 1G6. These deaths were nearly all amongst young children,
114 were infants aged less than one year.
DIETETIC DISEASES.
ALCOHOLISM.
Fifteen deaths were recorded under this head. In three the
immediate cause of death was Delirium Tremens. Most of the
cases were the subject of enquiry by the Coroner.