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The causes of death were returned as follows:—Natural
Causes 25. The remaining 25 were Violent deaths, of which
15 were returned as Accidental, 8 as Suicidal, and 2 as
Homicidal.
Eighteen deaths were registered as "Not Certified," no
inquest being considered necessary by the Coroner after
inquiry into the cases.
The number of deaths from zymotic disease was 48 less
than in the previous year; the deaths from measles rose from
18 to 21, as did those from scarlet fever from 7 to 9, and
diarrhœa from 25 to 34. There was a very marked decrease
in the deaths from the other principal zymotic diseases—
those from whooping cough declining from 76 to 23; diphtheria
from 37 to 5; typhoid fever from 11 to 6; while for
the fourth successive year there was no fatal case of small
pox.
The deaths from phthisis show an increase of 17, while
there is a further decrease of 21 in the number of deaths from
other diseases of the respiratory organs.
The deaths from cancer appear to be on the increase,
one in every 18 being duo to this cause.
Marriages.
During the year 1889 there were 412 Marriages in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 305 were solemnised in the
various Churches, 39 in Dissenting Chapels, and G8 at the
Registrar's Office.
During the same period there were 12G in the Hamlet of
Penge, of which 106 were solemnised in Churches, 13 in
Dissenting Chapels, and 7 at the Registrar's Office.