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Zymotic A most marked diminution both in sickness and
Sickness
and mortality from zymotic diseases has occurred during
Mortality, year, the total zymotic deaths numbering only
377 compared with 517 during the preceding year, and the
number of cases of notifiable infectious diseases reduced from
1887 cases during the year 1898 to 1,702 cases during the year
under report, including a reduction of 185 in Diphtheria cases.
The subject of Zymotic Sickness and Mortality is dealt with in
much fuller detail in pages 34 to 38 and 42 to 62 of this report.
Table VI. officially known as "Table A," is compiled in all
sanitary districts under the express direction of the Local
Government Board, for the purpose of securing uniformity of
tabulation in all parts of the country, of the important particulars
contained therein. It is at the same time expressly stated that
the Medical Officer of Health of any district is at liberty, in
addition, to continue to use any other form of tabulation which,
in his opinion, illustrates more fully the sanitary condition of the
district for which he acts. For purposes of comparison with the
vital statistics of the past forty-three years, since the year 1856,
other tables which have been employed in this parish are also
given herewith.
In Table VI. will be found particulars of mortality in the
various Registrar's districts and public institutions which are also
treated as separate districts. They comprise the Registrar's
districts of East and West Battersea, the Wandsworth and
Clapham Union Infirmary and Bolingbroke Hospital.
The broad grouping of ages is under and above five years of
age, so as to clearly define the mortality of each of these periods
of life, more especially the infantile ages under five, as the
greatest waste of life has occurred in the past at the early years,
and although great improvement has taken place in this respect
during the last few years, still much remains to be done in this
direction. A marked reduction has however been affected during