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Of the so-called zymotic diseases, 444 deaths were registered,
but of these 39 were of non-parishioners who had been removed
to the Fulham Smallpox Hospital by the Metropolitan Asylum
Board for the purpose of isolation. The corrected number,
therefore, of deaths from this class of diseases was 405, as
compared with 374, the corrected number of deaths registered
from the same class of diseases during the previous year. The
corrected deaths from zymotic disease registered last year were
equal to i8'2 per cent. of the total deaths registered, and were at
the rate of 36 per annum per thousand persons living. The deaths
from zymotic diseases in the whole of London were equal to
16.8 per cent. of the total deaths registered, and were at the rate
of 37 per annum per 1000 persons living. Thus we see that
there was an increase of 31 deaths from zymotic diseases last year
as compared with the previous year. The increase in the population
of the district by immigration would represent about 23
deaths. The higher temperature of last summer as compared
with the previous summer was the cause of the greater number
of deaths from diarrhoea. On the whole, the deaths from
zymotic diseases last year compare very favourably with those of
the year previous. In this district last year there was a greater
per centage of deaths from zymotic diseases than in all London
as compared with the total number of deaths registered, but a
smaller per centage as compared with the population. The higher
per centage as compared with the total deaths, is attributable to
the very large number of poor inhabitants in many portions of
the district. It is always among the poor inhabitants that the
general fatality from zymotic diseases is greatest. Of the 405
deaths from zymotic diseases, there were 13 in St. Peter's against
20 the previous year, 228 in St. Paul's against 146 the previous
year, and 164 in Fulham against 208 the previous year. Thus
we see that there was a decrease of 7 of these deaths in St
Peter's, an increase of 82 in St. Paul's, and a decrease of 44 in
Fulham.
The following table shows the deaths from zymotic diseases
(exclusive of those of non-parishioners that took place at the