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equivalent to an annual rate of 3.82 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In the 27 largest provincial towns it ranged from 1/44 in
Hull to 7 72 in Preston. In England and Wales the
deaths corresponded to an annual rate of 2.47 per 1,000,
against an average rate of 3.60 for the ten preceding third
quarters.
Smallpox caused the deaths of 2 parishioners, 1 in
Paddington and the other at the Smallpox Camp, Darenth.
25 eases—24 from St. Mary's and 1 from St. John's Subdistrict—were
removed to the Asylum Hospitals.
Measles caused 17 deaths, corresponding to an annual
rate of 0.60 per 1,000 inhabitants. All occurred in St.
Mary's Sub-district. In London the rate was the same as in
Paddington.
Scarlet Fever caused the deaths of 6 parishioners—5 in
Paddington, and 1 in the Western District Hospital—corresponding
to an annual rate of 0.21 per 1,000 inhabitants.
9 cases, all from St. Mary's Sub-district, were removed to
the Asylum Hospitals. In London the rate was 0.18.
Diphtheria caused 3 deaths in St. Mary's Sub-district,
equivalent to an annual rate of 0.11 per 1,000 inhabitants,
i he houses in which the deaths occurred were carefully
inspected. Two were in a fair sanitary condition, in the third
the cistern overflow pipe entered the drain, and there was a
gully grating in front of the street door. In London the
rate was 0 23.
Whooping Cough caused 11 deaths, equivalent to an annual
rate ot 0.39 per 1,000 inhabitants. In London the rate was
0 53.