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It will be seen from Table II. that there is a
slight diminution in number of deaths from the
zymotic and contagious diseases of the last 3 years;
thus 50lessthan in 1867-68; 23 less than in 1866-67;
and this in spite of a vast increase of population.
Summer Zymotic diseases are much more fatal than
other quarters of the year, indeed nearly double;
thus 118, 109, and 134 are the deaths in the quarter
year, including July, August and September ; this
large increase being made up by deaths from
infantile diarrhoea cases, many of which are not
zymotic at all in their nature. In this Parish as a
general rule zymotic deaths are only 18 per cent,
of total deaths. Scarlatina passed over London
as an epidemic last year, 2921 cases were fatal,
while the mortality in this parish from that disease
rose very little beyond its usual average, indeed as
may be seen from Table II., it was numerically
less by 10 than in 1867. Whooping cough last year
was fatal to only 44 children; while in 1867,
60 children died, and in 1868, 82 children succumbed
from this malady. Fever cases show an
apparent increase; this arises from gastric fever,
and infantile remittent cases being included in the
category of fever. Typhus fever has been almost
unknown for the last two years in Paddington, and