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the fourth quarter. Deaths from these disorders amounted
to 751 in the previous year.
Diarrhœal affections destroyed 115 lives; 99 in children
under five years of age, and 16 in persons above five. Of
these deaths, 9 occurred in the first quarter, 20 in the
second, 71 in the third, and 15 in the last. 239 deaths were
ascribed to the same affections in 1887. The falling off in
the number of diarrhoeal deaths was due to the coldness of
the summer, and the consequent comparative absence of
affections of the bowels at that season.
The zymotic diseases were, on the whole, less fatal in
1888 than they were in the previous year.
Hooping cough, which had caused 203 deaths in 1887,
caused 160 only in 1888. The mortality due to this disease
was heaviest in Peckham and St. George's. And it prevailed
chiefly in the first and second quarters.
Measles caused 101 deaths, having caused 133 in the
previous year. This disease was chiefly fatal in Peckham
and St. George's, especially in the latter; and it prevailed
chiefly in the fourth quarter, during which time no less than
80 of the total number were registered.
Scarlet fever was fatal in 105 cases, of which 76 died in
the Parish, and 29 in hospital. There were six more deaths
in this year than in the previous one. The disease prevailed
in the first and fourth quarters, and was chiefly fatal in
Peckham and St. George's. Thus, 17 deaths belonged to
Camberwell, 40 to Peckham, and 48 to St. George's.
Diphtheria, which caused a higher mortality in London
than it has ever done before, caused 65 deaths in