London, Dec. 8.
Mines abounds just now. Small pox in a mild form exists in several towns, and London, particularly in the southern areas, in common with many of the larger cities, is exper fencing a diphtheria epidemic, Cases of scarlet fever also are prevalent, and there are signs that an epi mic of measles may occur shortly. It isa regrettable fact that the number of cases of diphtheria has not been diminished of late years, was hoped. Since the beginning the century, scarlet fever has. for some unknown reason become a less dangerous disease, at any rate in the south of England, and the Metropolitan Asylums Board recently decided that it should no lon~ ger be given greater consideration than meos There also is a mild, yet virulent, form of influenza—gastric troubles, with acute dysentery, which has to be watched or it mast lend to me flammation of the bowels. Thou. sands are down with it for four oF: five days. The weather may be res ponsible, as it often is idly cold. Londoners did not see the sun for ten days recently, and so far, London this year has had 188 fewer hours of sunshine than the 1,475 hours that normally fall to her lot. Sunny 1921 had 194 hours in excess this total, and 1922 had a three hours excess.
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