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16 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
The Deaths from Zymotic Diseases were 96 below that of lust year, and be
average of the last ten years
Measles have still been very prevalent, although not so fatal as in Son
Districts, and should be classed amongst contagious diseases for all admini???
purposes; and should be isolated as much as Scarlet Fever. Measles has ???
increased during the last few years, both in frequency and violence; during the p???
the deaths from that disease in the Metropolis have averaged 133 for each week
three months, viz:— November, December, and January.
There have been no deaths from Small-pox, and only five from Scarlet F.
against sixty of last year.
40 cases have been moved to the Asylum by my orders during the year.