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infantile death-rate was 158, and in the 27 largest
provincial towns it ranged from 142 in Derby to 214
in Preston. In England and Wales it was 145.
Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox caused no death in Paddington. During
the first quarter of the year 1 case was removed from
St. Mary's Sub-district to one of the hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board. No other case came
under the notice of the Inspectors. In London there
were 9 deaths.
On October 10th, 1887, a child from St. Mary's Sub-District
suffering from Scarlet Fever was admitted into the South-Eastern
Hospital. On November 4th it was transferred to the small-pox
wards of the same Hospital, and died on November 5th.
Measles caused 33 deaths—30 in St. Mary's Sabdistrict,
and 3 in St. John's—equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.29 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0'69.
Scarlet Fever caused 35 deaths—32 were of
parishioners of St. Mary's Sub-district, and 3 of
parishioners of St. John's— equivalent to an annual
death-rate of 0.31 per 1,000 inhabitants. 227 cases
—206 from St. Mary's and 21 from St. John's Subdistrict—were
removed to the hospitals, 220 being
sent to the Asylums Hospitals and 7 (not at the
expense of the Parish) to the London Fever Hospital.
In London the rate was 0.34 per 1,000.