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195
To Measles 72 deaths were referred. This
number is 39 in excess ot that recorded in 1876 ; and
larger indeed than has ever been returned for Camberwell.
This affection, like Hooping Cough, was
pretty uniformly distributed over the Parish. It
caused few deaths, however, during the first 9 months
of the year ; but became epidemic in the last three
months, during which time 51 of the 72 deaths
occurred. Measies prevailed epidemically in London
during the year, but was especially fatal in the three
autumn months. It caused 2,347 deaths.
12 deaths were ascribed to Diphtheria. 7 of
these occurred in Peckham, and C in the last quarter.
The number is less by 4 than that of the previous
year. Diphtheria was not very prevalent either in
our own Parish or in London.
38 deaths were caused by Scarlet Fever.
This is 40 less than occurred in 1876. The disease
was not limited to any district; ?;nd, like Measles,
was especially fatal in the last three months of the
year, during which time 24 of the deaths occurred.
Scarlatinal deaths in the Metropolis amounted
only to 1,570, a number considerably below the
average ; but in London, as in our own Parish, the
disease was chiefly fatal during the autumnal quarter.