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Measles caused 46 deaths in 1872, and had
caused only 29 in 1871. It prevailed slightly and
pretty uniformly throughout the year, but was
chiefly fatal in Camberwell and St. George's, where
it caused respectively 19 and 18 deaths. 9 fatal
cases were returned from Peckham.
Fever, under which name is included typhoid
or enteric fever, caused 38 deaths, or two less than
in the previous year. These occurred chiefly in the
first quarter, when 17 of the total number were
registered. In the second quarter there were
8 deaths; in the third, 7; and in the fourth, 6.
19 of the total number were returned from St.
George's.
Small-pox caused 41 deaths, a larger number
than has been registered in the parish in any former
year, excepting only the year 1871, when it prevailed
epidemically throughout London, and caused in our
own parish no less than 153 deaths. The comparatively
large mortality, however, from this disease in
1872 was really due to a continuance of the epidemic
into the earlier part of that year; for 30 of the
fatal cases occurred in the first quarter of the year,
the remaining 11 being divided as equally as possible