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continued fever, caused in London 1,117 deaths,
giving a death-rate of 0.29. The mortality from
typhus, and from other or ill-defined forms of
continued fever, was far below the average, the deathrates
from them being, as stated by the RegistrarGeneral,
the lowest on record. From typhoid fever
the rate was 0.25 for the year, that for the decade
(1872-81) having been 0.24. In Paddington there
were 20 deaths, viz.—18 from typhoid or enteric
fever, and 2 from continued fever; the deaths from
typhoid fever giving a death-rate of 0.17 per 1,000.
Diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea caused in London 2,162 deaths, giving
a death-rate of 0.55 per 1,000 of the population.
In Paddington, including the 3 deaths ascribed to
choleraic diarrhoea owing to the mildness of the
summer, there were only 44 deaths, showing a deathrate
of 041 per 1,000.
Water.
The average quantity of water daily supplied by
the eight Companies to the inner circle of London was
141,266,549 gallons, being a decrease of nearly eight
millions of gallons upon the previous year. This was
an average daily allowance of 28.6 gallons per head
of the population, and was amply sufficient, although
it was 4.2 gallons per head less than in the previous
year. Of the above enormous quantity only