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The mortality due to the so-called zymotic diseases
showed, on the whole, a good deal of falling off from what
has been observed in former years. For the details in
reference to these affections I must refer not only to Tables
IX. and X., but also to Table XI., which displays the
annual mortality due to these diseases ever since the constitution
of the Vestry at the beginning of 1856, and to
Table XII., in which the mortality of the same diseases is
shown quarter by quarter for the last six years.
Hooping cough, which was the most fatal, caused 123
deaths, against 191 in the year immediately preceding. It
prevailed chiefly in the second quarter; and caused 36
deaths in Camberwell, 33 in Peckham, and 54 in St.
George's.
Measles caused 67 deaths, against 163 in 1890. This
disease prevailed chiefly in the first quarter, and caused 1
death in Dulwich, 9 deaths in Camberwell, 33 in Peckham,
and 24 in St. George's.
Scarlet fever caused 29 deaths, against 51 in 1890.
They were distributed fairly uniformly throughout the
year; and in the sub-districts as follows: 9 in Camberwell,
9 in Peckham, and 11 in St. George's.
To diphtheria were attributed 56 deaths, against 60 in
1890. These deaths occurred pretty uniformly throughout
the year; and of them, 1 occurred in Dulwich, 30 in
Camberwell, 13 in Peckham, and 12 in St. George's.
Typhoid fever caused 21 deaths, or 5 less than in the
previous year. Of these, 1 was due to Dulwich, 4 to
Camberwell, 9 to Peckham, and 5 to St. George's.