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as the Deaths in that Institution amounted to 663, of which
470 were entire strangers to the district, deducting these,
we find that the Death rate of Brixton stands as low as 18.90 per.
1000. The less healthy districts were Waterloo Road 1st and
2nd parts, and Lambeth 1st and 2nd Church. As regards the
apparent increased Mortality of Lambeth 1st Church, the same
explanation is applicable as in the case of Brixton, namely, the
existence this year of a large Public Institution which was not
there the previous year, viz., St. Thomas's Hospital, in which there
have occurred 216 Deaths, 130 of these were strangers, and after
deducting these from the Total Deaths in Lambeth 1st Church,
it will bear most favourable comparison with the other districts
of the Inner Liberties.
The Deaths from Epidemic Diseases during 1871 are shown in
Table 3, they amounted to 1750 and were 31.4 per 1000 of the
entire mortality; in the previous year they were 24.25 per 1000.
The Epidemic of Small Pox was the chief cause of the increased
Mortality.
Table 1 shows the number of cases of Zymotic Diseases treated
by the Poor Law Medical Officer during each quarter of the year.
The total numbers were 1540 of which 480 occurred in the
first quarter, 587 in the second quarter, 274 in the third
quarter, and 208 in the fourth quarter.
The greatest mortality was from Small Pox, and occurred in
the 2nd quarter; the next greatest mortality arose from Diarrhoea
and Whooping Cough, in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
The total number of cases of Epidemic Diseases were greater
this year than in 1870.
The number and character of Nuisances removed and the
general sanitary measures carried out, will be seen in Table I.
The nuisances abated or removed, amounted to 2430; m
addition to these there was a large amount of Sanitary work