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there were 37 deaths, which were equivalent to
a rate of 0.34 per 1,000 inhabitants. Of these 22
occurred in St. Mary's and 15 in St. John's Subdistrict.
I may here be allowed to express my
conviction, which is that entertained by other health
officers, that many deaths are now-a-days improperly
ascribed to Diphtheria.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping cough caused in London 1,582 deaths,
giving a rate of 0.40 per 1,000 inhabitants, as
compared with 4,647 deaths and a rate of 1.20 per
1,000 in 1882. In Paddington there were only 46
deaths, giving a rate of 0 42 per 1,000.
Fever.
Fever, including typhus, typhoid, and simple
continued fever, caused in London 1,081 deaths,
equivalent to a rate of 0.27 per 1,000. In Paddington
there were 16 deaths, viz.—1 from typhus
fever, 1 from simple continued fever, and 14 from
typhoid or enteric fever, the deaths from the lastmentioned
disease corresponding to a rate of 0.13
per 1,000 inhabitants.
As mentioned in my Quarterly Reports, all the
houses in which the deaths from diphtheria and
typhoid fever occurred were carefully inspected.