In London last week 2398 births and 1387 deaths were registered. The deaths included 9 from smallpox, 62 from measles, 36 from scarlet fever, 19 from diphtheria, 85 from whooping-cough, 1 from typhus fever, 7 from enteric fever, 2 from ill-defined forms of continued fever, 32 from diarrhoea and dysentery, 2 from simple cholera. In Greater London, 3018 births and 1658 deaths were registered.
Source: The Illustrated London News, July 1, 1882, p.7