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the Sanitary District of Woolwich during the years 1891, 1895 and
1896, distinguishing those under 5 years of age and those over 5 years
of age.
Zymotic The deaths from all causes during the year included 72
Death Rate.
from Measles, 9 from Scarlet Fever, 35 from Diarrhoea, 31
from Diphtheria, 21 from Whooping Cough, 2 from Typhoid Fever, 1
from Continued Fever, and 8 from Influenza; in all 179 deaths from
diseases classified by the Registrar General as Specific Febrile or
Zymotic. This is equivalent to a Zymotic death rate of 4.2 per
thousand.
The deaths from Measles, Diarrhœa, Whooping Cough and Diphtheria
are in excess of those from the same causes last year, when they were
respectively, 6, 24, 3 and 14; but those from Scarlet Fever, Typhoid
Fever and Influenza have fallen from 11, 9 and 12 respectively.
The Zymotic death rate for the past six years is as follows:—
1891 2.8
1892 2.4
1893 2.6
1894 2.6
1895 1.8
1896 4.2
Phthisis In Table I., Class IV., 124 deaths are recorded as
Mortality,
&c. arising from some form of tubercular disease, of which
number 53 occurred in the Dockyard Registration Sub-District, and
71 in the Arsenal Registration Sub-District.
The great difference between these numbers is occasioned not by the
deaths from Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Meningitis and Hydrocephalus,
but to deaths from Phthisis, which were 37 in the Dockyard
Registration Sub-District and 50 in the Arsenal. Thirty-four of the
total deaths' were of children under 5 years of age, and 90 at ages
from 5 and upwards.