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39 between the ages of
15 and 25.
52 „ „ „
25 „ 35.
68 „ „ „
35 ,, 45.
68 „ „
45 ,, 55.
93 „ „ „
55 „ 05.
106 „ „ „
65 it ~5.
48 „ „ „
75 „ 85.
4 „ „ „
85 „ 95.
1 „ „ „
above 95.
Of the diseases which occasioned tnc mortality at the
above-racntioned ages.
155 were attributed to zymotic diseases.
267 ,, ,, constitutional diseases.
377 „ „ local diseases.
129 ,, „ „ developmental diseases.
14 „ „ „ violent deaths.
Preventable Diseases.
Six of the seven principal zymotic diseases, viz., measles,
scarlet fever, diptheria, whooping cough, different forms of
fever, and diarrhoea occasioned 114 deaths, a number considerably
below the average of 10 years, 132.1, and less during
the year 1874 than in any year, except 1805 and 1873, when
96 and 85 deaths were registered respectively from these causes.
The annual average number of deaths in London from
these diseases, during the same 10 years, having been 196.61,
and in the whole of England and Wales 182.52 per 1000.
Small-pox.—As during the year 1873, so this year,
1874, no deaths were registered from small-pox. This is
greatly to be attributed to the vigilant manner in which the
provisions of the Vaccination Act are enforced by the Boards
of Guardians of the Lewisham and Croydon Unions, with the
aid of most efficient Vaccination Officers.
Mr. Atkins, the Vaccination Officer of the Lewisham
Parish, informs me that during the year 1874, 1,181 children
were successfully vaccinated, and that after deducting for
deaths of infants and certificates of insusceptibility to the