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Scarlet fever caused 63 deaths, against 29 in 1891 and
51 in 1890. It was most fatal in the third quarter of the
year, and caused 1 death in Dulwich, 23 in Camberwell 23
in Peckham, and 16 in St. George's.
To diphtheria were attributed 85 deaths, against 56 in
1891. This is the heaviest mortality we have ever experienced
from this disease, though it probably represents a
lower percentage of deaths to population than occurred in
1881, when the diphtherial deaths were 78. Of these cases,
1 belonged to Dulwich, 34 to Camberwell, 21 to Peckham,
and 26 to St. George's. The disease was most fatal in the
last quarter.
Typhoid fever caused 21 deaths, exactly the same number
as it caused in 1891. These are the lowest figures we
have had since 1858. The deaths occurred chiefly in the
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middle two quarters, and were distributed as follows:
Camberwell, 4; Peckham, 7 ; St. George's, 10.
Small-pox caused 1 death, as it also did in 1891. This
case occurred in the second quarter of the year, and belonged
to Camberwell.
To influenza, 138 deaths were attributed, against 152
so attributed in 1891 and 41 in 1890. The cases were distributed
as follows :—9 in Dulwich, 62 in Camberwell, 42 in
Peckham, and 25 in St. George's. 122 out of the whole
number occurred in the first quarter of the year. As already
remarked these figures cannot be regarded as a trustworthy
indication of the prevalence and fatality of this disease.
There is no doubt that we have had it amongst us ever sincc,
after an absence of many years, it first appeared amongst us