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The number of deaths from the seven principal zymotic
diseases was 38, as compared with 72 during the corresponding
quarter of last year, and was equivalent to an annual rate of
1.36 per 1,000 inhabitants. In London the death-rate was
equivalent to an annual rate of 1.92 per 1,000 inhabitants. In
the 27 largest provincial towns it ranged from 0.63 in Huddersfield
to 6.93 in Preston. In England and Wales the deaths
corresponded to an annual rate of 1.55 per 1,000 inhabitants,
against an average rate of 2.25 for the 10 preceding second
quarters.
Small Pox caused no death in Paddington. Two cases from
St. Mary's Sub-district were sent to Asylum Hospitals, as was
also 1 case, that of a non-parishioner, from St. Mary's Hospital.
Measles caused 7 deaths—5 in St. Mary's and 2 in St. John's
Sub-district—equivalent to an annual rate of 0.25 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.52.
Scarlet Fever caused only 1 death. 6 cases were sent to the
Asylum Hospitals—1 of which was removed from St. Mary's
Hospital—and 1 to the London Fever Hospital. All were from
St. Mary's Sub-district. One case, that of a non-parishioner,
was removed from St. Mary's Hospital.
Diphtheria caused 6 deaths—4 in St. Mary's and 2 in
St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an annual rate of 0.22 per
1,000 inhabitants. All the houses in which the deaths occurred
were carefully inspected, only one was in a fair sanitary
condition. In one house there were bell-traps within and without
the building—in another, built eight years ago, the over-flow
pipe from safe-tray of W.C. entered the soil pipe, and the sink