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Four of the deaths included under Scarlet Fever, were registered
as arising from Diphtheria; 2 of the Typhoid deaths were
registered aa arising from common continued Fever; and 2 of the
Diarrhoea deaths were returned as from Cholera.
The average number of deaths arising from the principal
zymotic diseases in the parish during the past 10 years was
234; so that the number for 1886 was 62 below the average.
Hence the deaths from Measles and Scarlet Fever have been
far below the average; those from Whooping Cough, much less
numerous; from Typhoid Fever, very few; but from Diarrhoea,
considerably more numerous.
The zymotic deaths occurring in extra-parochial hospitals of
inhabitants of Clerkenwell amounted to 14; viz.: 1 from SmallPox;
3 from Scarlet Fever; 7 from Diphtheria; and 3 from
Typhoid Fever, No death occurred from Typhus. 8 deaths
were uncertified ; and 3 deaths occurred in the streets.
The number of deaths arising from all causes in infants under
1 year of age was 375; 3 more than in last year.
227 deaths occurred at and above 60 ; 25 more than last year.
107 inquest deaths were registered in the year; 8 more than in
the preceding year. Of these, 31 related to deaths occurring in
the St. James Sub-district; 26 in the Amwell; 20 in the Pentonville;
and 30 in the Goswell Sub-district.
35 deaths arose from violence; the number for 1885 being 9
more than in the preceding year.
In 20 large English towns, the mortality in 1886 was:—In
London, 19.9; Brighton, 17.1; Portsmouth, 23.8; Norwich, 23.3;
Plymouth, 23.5; Bristol, 19.3; Wolverhampton, 23.2; Birmingham,
19.9; Leicester, 20.3; Nottingham, 20.4; Liverpool, 23.8;
Manchester, 26.3; Salford, 22.1; Oldham, 22.8; Bradford, 19.2;
Leeds, 21.9; Sheffield, 19.8; Hull, 18.8; Sunderland, 19.5; and
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22.2.