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16 less than in the previous year; the deaths from measles
increased from 5 to 40; those from whooping cough and
diarrhœa docrcased respectively from 32 to 23 and 61 to
31,und diphtheria from 25 to 10, while scarlet fever accounted
for 6 deaths as compared with 4 in the previous year.
The deaths from phthisis show an increase of 11, while
other diseases of the respiratory system caused an increase of
60 deaths.
Duiring the same period the annual rate of mortality in
England and Wales was 18.8, a lower rate than has prevailed
in any year since the commencement of civil registration in
1837.
The death rate of London was 19.6, the lowest on record,
while the death rate in the "Outer Ring" of suburban
districts, with a population considerably over a million, did
not exceed 15.9 per 1,000 against 16.5 the previous year.
The death rate in the twenty-eight great towns, including
London, with an aggregate population of over nine
millions, was 20.8, ranging between 16.9 in Brighton, and
28'7 in Manchester.
Marriages.
During the year 1887 there were 444 Marriages in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 332 were solemnised in the
various Churches, 56 in Dissenting Chapels, and 56 at the
Registrar's Office.
During the same period there were 122 in the Hamlet of
Pence, of which 100 were solemnised in Churches, 8 in
senting Chapels, and 14 at the Registrars Office.