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patient succumbed to the disease. There can be no doubt that
if a proper system of isolation was adopted in the treatment of
this disease, a very large number of lives might be annually
saved. There were in London alone no less a number than 2,533
deaths registered from measles last year, and this was by no
means an exceptional year.
Simple Continued Fever.
There were 3 deaths registered from simple continued fever,
all of which occurred in the parish of Hammersmith, against 3
registered the previous year, of which there was one in the parish
of Fulham, and 2 in the parish of Hammersmith. All of these
cases last year were reported in the death returns. As usual, the
number of deaths from this disease was very small, much smaller
than we might expect with so large a population.
Diarrhoea.
Of the 139 deaths from diarrhoea, there were 49 in the parish
of Fulham, and 90 in the parish of Hammersmith, against 135
in the previous year, of which there were 63 in the parish of
Fulham, and 72 in the parish of Hammersmith. Deaths from
diarrhoea chiefly occur in the warm weather. They are attributable
in many instances to improper feeding, and mostly take
place among very young and very old or feeble persons. A very
large number of deaths from this cause might be prevented, if
more attention was paid to the quality of the food upon which
young children are fed.
English Cholera.
No death was registered last year as occurring from English
cholera. The previous year there were 4, of which there were 2
in the parish of Fulham and 2 in the parish of Hammersmith.
Violent Deaths.
There were 76 deaths from violence, of which there were 17 in
the parish of Fulham and 59 in the parish of Hammersmith,
against 84 in the previous year, of which there were 25 in the
parish of Fulham and 59 in the parish of Hammersmith. The
great difference in the numbers of these deaths in the 2 parishes
is partly due to the fact of the difference in the numbers of