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Whooping Cough caused 74 deaths, 64 occurring
in St. Mary's, and 10 in St. John's Sub-District—51
of the deaths occurred during the first half of the year.
The deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of
0.64 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with an
annual average rate of 0.50 during the preceding 10
years. In London the rate was 0.70 for 1888, and
0.78 for the decennium, 1878-87.
Fever: 15 persons died from Typhoid Fever, 11
in St. Mary's and 4 in St. John's Sub-District. The
annual average number of deaths from this disease
during the preceding 10 years was 19.
In London the number of deaths from this disease
was far below the annual average.
No death occurred in Paddington from Typhus
Fever.
Diarrhœa caused 38 deaths—giving a rate of 0.33
per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.52 per 1,000, and as in
Paddington was far below the average rate. This low
mortality was due to the unusually cold and wet
weather that prevailed during July and August, the
mean temperature in these two months being 2°8 Fahr.
below the average in 117 years. The effect of a hot
or cold summer upon the diarrhœa mortality is well
shown by comparing the years 1887 and 1888, for
neither the number nor the sanitary condition of the