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second quarters of the year; that diphtheria, which
destroyed 60 lives, was attended by a much heavier
mortality than we have ever yet experienced, that
it occurred chiefly in Camberwell and Peckham,
and with equal severity in the first, second and
fourth quarters; that scarlet fever showed considerable
diminution, and prevailed rather more in
Peckham than in Camberwell or St. George's,
and was least fatal in the second quarter; that
fever (which term probably comprises cases of
enteric fever mainly) showed exactly the same
mortality as in the previous year, and affected
chiefly Camberwell and Peckham, occurring in
largest proportion in the second and fourth quarters
; and lastly that deaths from small-pox fell off
in a most remarkable and satisfactory manner, the
deaths from this disease being only 66, as compared
with 190 in 1881.
Small-pox prevailed mostly in Peckham and
diminished from the beginning to the end of the
year; the deaths in the first quarter being 33,
in the second 21, in the third 3, and in the last
quarter 9. These figures relating to small-pox
include all the deaths due to the parish occurring
in the asylum hospitals.