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1900] 40
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There were only 660 deaths registered from the principal zymotic diseases, by
which term is meant Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Typhus Fever, Enteric Fever, Continued Fever, and Diarrhoea. The
number now registered is 234 below the corrected average that occurred during
the fifteen years 1885-99.
These deaths represented a death-rate of 1•87 per 1,000, as against 2•00 per
1,000 in England and Wales; 2•50 in the 33 Great Towns, 2•25 in the 67 other large
towns, and 1•57 in the rural districts of England and Wales. From this comparative
statement the Borough must be considered to have been more free from fatal
cases than the country generally.
A similar remark will apply when a comparison is made with the seven largest
great towns, for it will be seen (Table LII.) that in London the rate was 2•19 per
1,000, in Bristol 1•88, in Birmingham 2•72, in Liverpool, 3•18, in Manchester 3•05,
in Leeds 2•92, and in Sheffield 4•33 per 1,000.