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highly satisfactory, for while the death-rate of
Camberwell, and especially that of Dulwich was
exceptionally low, the death-rates of Peckham and of
St. George's were low compared with those of London,
and its constituent groups of Parishes.
There are not many features of special interest,
beyond those which have been discussed, presented by
the mortuary tables for the year. To some few of
these, however, I shall devote a little consideration.
The distribution of deaths according to season
was somewhat exceptional (Table I.). As a general
rule the mortality is greatest during the first and last
three months of the year, and the lowest mortality
prevails during the second three months. In 1880 the
mortality was heaviest as usual during the months of
January, February, and March; and as usual it was
least in April, May, and June. But the mortality of
the last quarter was not only considerably smaller than
that of the third quarter, but was scarcely higher than
that of the second quarter. This was due mainly to
the equable and genial weather that prevailed during
the fourth quarter of the year, and the consequent
relatively small mortality from inflammatory affections