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During the same period the death rate in England and
Wales, which in the preceding four years had been successively
18.1, 18.2, 19.5, and 20.2, fell again to 19.0 per 1000.
The death rate in London for 1892 was 20.6, an improvement
on the two previous years.
The death rate of the "Outer King" of suburban districts,
with a population of close on a million and a-half was
15.6 per 1,000.
The death rate in the thirty-three great towns of
England and Wales, with a population of over ten millions,
averaged 20.7 per 1,000, ranging from 15.8 in Croydon to
24.7 in Liverpool.
Zymotic Disease.
The number of deaths from Zymotic Disease was 14.5
as compared with 98 in the previous year.
Measles . . 15 deaths as compared with 30 in 1891.
Whooping Cough G7 „ ,, 29 ,,
Diphtheria 17 „ „ 10 „
Scarlet Fever 4 ,, „ 3 „
Diarrhoea . . 40 „ „ 24 ,,
Typhoid, Fever 2 „ „ 2 „
For the seventh successive year there was no fatal case
of small-pox.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There was an increase of 15 in the number of deaths
from Phthisis.
The total number of deaths from other diseases of the
respiratory organs was 345, equal to 25 per cent, of the total
deaths, and an increase of 16 on the previous year. Of
this number 74 deaths were attributed directly to Influenza,
as compared with 55 the year before.
Inquests.
Coroner's inquests were held in 68 cases of death under
peculiar circumstances
The causes of death were returned as follows:—Natural