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to puerperal fever. 166 deaths were attributed to
convulsions, 256 to phthisis, and 68 to other forms
of tubercular disease, 19 to erysipelas or pyaemia,
and 12 to inherited syphilis.
Inflammatory affections of the lungs, including
bronchitis and pneumonia, destroyed 203 children
under 5, and 269 older persons, for the most part
advanced in years. Diarrhœa accounted for 137
deaths, of which 119 took place in children under 5.
Of the infectious fevers, diphtheria caused 7
deaths (5 in Peckham and 2 in St, George's); scarlet
fever, 17 (one in Camberwell, 5 in Peckham, and 11
in St. George's); fever, 38 (13 in Camberwell, 16 in
Peckham, and 9 in St. George's); measles, 49 (13 in
Camberwell, 13 in Peckham, and 23 in St. George's);
hooping cough, 60 (1 in Dulwich, 14 in Camberwell,
27 in Peckham, and 18 in St. George's); and small
pox, 2 (both in Peckham).
The appended table shows the deaths from these
affections in periods of 3 months from the beginning
of 1871 to the end of 1873, and the totals for these
years. The results show favourably for the year just
passed:—