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108
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Zymotic Diseases.
During the year there were registered 181 deaths
from the above diseases, compared with 94 in 1895.
This is 34.6 above the decennial average corrected for
increase of population, and is wholly due to the large
mortality from measles, whooping cough, and diarrhoea,
which occurred during the year. The number of deaths
which occurred from the notifiable diseases, viz. scarlet
fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhoid fever,
puerperal fever and erysipelas, was 20, compared with
19 in 1895.
Table IV. shows the total deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases, the total deaths from all
zymotic diseases, the zymotic death-rate per 1,000, the
total deaths from all causes, and the percentage of
deaths from epidemic diseases to deaths from all causes
for the year, as well as for the 10 preceding years. The
number above or below the corrected decennial average
is also given.