The epidemical seasons of 1685-86 were the last that Sydenham recorded; he was shortly after laid aside from active work by gout, and died in 1689. Morton, who made notes of fevers and smallpox until 1694, is more a clinical observer than a student of “epidemic constitutions”; and although his writings are of value to the epidemiologist, he does not help us to understand the circumstances in which epidemic diseases prevailed more at one time than another. To the end of the century there is no other medical source of information, and little besides generalities to be collected from any source. It is known that the years from 1693 to 1699 were years of scarcity all over the kingdom, that the fever-deaths in London reached the high figure of 5036 in 1694, and that there was a high mortality in many country parishes and market towns during the scarcity. But there are few particular illustrations of the type of epidemic sickness. There is, therefore, little left to do but to give the figures, and to add some remarks. _Fever Deaths in the London Bills, 1687-1700._ Spotted Deaths Fever fever from all Year deaths deaths causes 1687 2847 144 21460 1688 3196 139 22921 1689 3313 129 23502 1690 3350 203 21461 1691 3490 193 22691 1692 3205 161 20874 1693 3211 199 20959 1694 5036 423 24109 1695 3019 105 19047 1696 2775 102 18638 1697 3111 137 20292 1698 3343 274 20183 1699 3505 306 20795 1700 3675 189 19443 _Tables from Short’s Abstracts of Parish Registers._ Registers Registers with Deaths Births Year examined excess of death in them in them _Country Parishes._ 1689 144 27 828 692 1690 146 17 532 324 1691 147 16 336 180 1692 147 10 207 146 1693 146 27 650 426 1694 148 18 465 348 1695 149 23 649 492 1696 150 19 503 344 1697 150 21 559 409 1698 152 12 397 289 1699 151 20 433 318 1700 160 29 890 739 _Market Towns._