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Diarrhœa caused 63 deaths—54 in St. Mary's and
9 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.55 per 1,000 inhabitants. 53 of the deaths
were of infants under one year of age, and 59 of children
under 5 years. 2 of the 63 deaths were certified
as "Choleraic Diarrhœa."
In London the rate was 0.90.
The Scarlet Fever Epidemic.
In the latter half of the year 1887 Scarlet Fever,
which had prevailed somewhat extensively in the
Metropolis since the summer of 1886, asumed epidemic
proportions.
Reference to the statistics of the Metropolitan
Asylums hospitals, the most trustworthy index of the
extent of the disease in London, shows that the number
of patients under treatment for scarlet fever in the
various hospitals of the Board was
592 on November 20th, 1886
476 „ July 2nd, 1887
633 „ July 28th, „
842 „ August 25th, „
1443 „ September 22nd, „
2269 „ October 20th, „
2789 „ November 23rd, „
when the maximum number was attained. From that
date there was a gradual but steady diminution, the
latest return giving 895 on June 23rd, 1888, as the