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Local Diseases caused 709 deaths, and included 154 from
affections of the Nervous System, 79 from diseases of the Circulatory
System, 3G2 from affections of the Respiratory System, 67 from
(diseases of the Digestive System, and 33 from diseases of tho
Urinary System.
The Deaths due to VIOLENCE numbered 77, of which 72 were
due to Accident or Negligence.
Forty seven deaths were registered as due to Debility.
Infectious Sickness.
Qne case of Typhus and one of Smallpox occurred during the
year. The patients were removed to Hospital, the usual precautions
Liken, and no further cases occurred.
Measles was again prevalent in the District, no fewer than 94
cases having come to my knowledge, of which 88 were reported
as deaths.
Sixty one cases of Scarlatina came under my observation of
which 23 were reported as deaths; of these 15 died in Limehouse,
4 in Ratcliff, and 4 in the Homerton Fever Hospital.
Thirty two cases of Diphtheria were reported to me of which
23 were deaths. Twelve deaths occurred in Shad well in which
Parish is situated the East London Childrens' Hospital, 9 in Limehouse,
and 2 in Institutions outside the District.
Twenty nine cases of Enteric Fever came to my knowledge,
and of these 9 were reported as deaths ; 1 occurred in Shadwell, 1 in
Ratclitr. 4 in Limehouse, and 3 in Institutions outside the District.