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these, 2 were due to Dulwich, 8 to Camberwell, 9 to
Peckham, and 4 to St. George's; and 9 were referred to
puerperal fever. Eleven, or nearly half, occurred in the first
quarter of the year.
Twenty-one persons died from erysipelas, pyaemia, or
allied affections.
Inflammatory disease of the lungs (including in the
terms, pneumonia, pleurisy, and bronchitis) caused 743
deaths, of which 360 were in children under live years of
age. Of these, 258 died in the first quarter of the year, 131
in the second, 95 in the third, and 252 in the fourth.
Diarrhoea and allied affections of the bowels caused
145 deaths; of which 3 occurred in Dulwich, 32 in Camberwell,
64 in Peckham, and 46 in St. George's. The disease is
chiefly fatal to young children, and in the third quarter of
the year. In the first quarter there were 8 such deaths, of
which 5 were in children under five; in the second quarter
13, of which 11 were in children under five; in the third
quarter 112, of which 109 were in children under five; and
in the fourth quarter 12, of which 10 were in children under
five. The diarrhœal deaths were 30 in excess of those
returned in 1888; but the number nevertheless is not
specially large.
The mortality from the zymotic diseases, collectively,
was not very high. Tables xiii. and xiv.
The deaths from measles were more numerous than we
have ever experienced in former years, and were 92 in excess
of the number registered in 1888. There was, judging from
the mortality, an epidemic prevalence of the disease in