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notice is served requiring a thorough cleansing and
washing of the sick room and its contents. These
measures have a tendency to lessen the danger necessarily
associated with this disease to other members
of the family, or possibly members of another family
who may be moving into the infected house.
My object in bringing these details before your
notice in this report, is with the view of pointing out
the great advantage which might be secured by a
similar arrangement in this parish.
The following table epitomises the ages at which
the deaths occurred:
Deaths under a year 108 161 under 5
„ from 1 year and under 5 years 53] years of age.
„ „ 5 years „ 15 „ 20
15„ ,, 25 „ 12 194 over 5
„ „ 25 „ ,, 65 „ 88 years of age.
11 it 65 „ and upwards 74
Thirty-three deaths were registered between the
ages of 70 and 80 and nineteen between 8) and 90,
out of which number one attained the age of 90.
Infantile Mortality.
The rate of this mortality or the proportion of
deaths under one year in every thousand births was
149. For London it was 160; and for England and
Wales .148.
The following diseases proved most fatal to
infants and young children (under 5 years of age):