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District appears as 215 persons per acre, and that of the
Berwick Street Sub-District as 169 persons per acre.
During the year 1888, the death-rate of London has been
18 5 per 1,000; this is by far the lowest death-rate yet
recorded in London.
The net mortality for the year 1888 was 386 deaths
Taking the population at 29,865, 386 deaths gives a deathrate
of 12.96 per 1,000.
The mortality from Zymotic diseases during the year has
been 26.
Of Fever and Diphtheria, 72 cases came under notice during
the year; but many cases may not have been known, there
being as yet no law requiring that notice of such cases be
given to the Sanitary Authority. Of these cases 2 were
Diphtheria, 11 were Typhoid Fever, and 59 were Scarlet
Fever. 51 cases of Scarlet Fever and 3 of Typhoid were removed
to extra-Parochial Hospitals. 2 cases of Small-pox
occurred, both of which were removed to extra-Parochial
Hospitals.
During the year 1888, 35 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. In several cases bodies were removed from the
presence of families generally living in a single room, and
where, but for the public Mortuary, the family would have
lived and slept in the presence of a decomposing corpse, upon
which, possibly, a post-mortem would have had to be made
before interment could take place. In 6 cases the bodies
have been removed from hotels or lodging-houses. Twentyone
inquests have been held upon bodies lying in the Mortuary,
and 18 post-mortem examinations for judicial purposes
have been made in the Examination Room which adjoins the
Mortuary.