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198
compared with the year immediately preceding. Thus, the
mortality from hooping cough has diminished by 351; that
from measles, by 1,478; that from scarlet fever, by 272; that
from diphtheria, by 26 ; and that referred to the group of
continued fevers by 39. The deaths due to small pox
increased from 3 to 8.
Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London
for 10 Years.
Hooping
Cough.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Fever.
Small
Pox.
Influenza.
1882
4,647
2,329
2,004
863
1,117
431
—
1883
1,582
2,420
1,989
951
1,081
134
—
1884
3,188
2,285
1,444
973
1,045
913
—
1885
2,479
2,928
707
896
695
899
—
1886
2,834
2,078
688
846
701
24
—
1887
2,928
2,894
1,447
961
672
9
—
1888
2,987
2,401
1,209
1,301
720
9
—
1889
1,749
2,314
784
1,588
596
1
—
1890
3,227
3,285
861
1,387
636
3
652
1891
2,876
1,807
589
1,361
597
8
2,336
1891
West D.
409
122
61
199
95
—
—
North D.
658
414
233
487
164
—
—
Central D.
175
277
10
103
46
—
—
East D.
553
400
54
184
86
2
—
South D.
1,081
594
224
386
205
6
—
Metropolitan
Hospitals outside
London.
—
—
7
2
1
—
—