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Smallpox.— No deaths from Smallpox have been recorded
during the year.
In 1901, the first full year of the newly created Boroughs,
Greenwich had 11 cases of Smallpox with 3 associated deaths and in
the following year there were 100 notifications and 22 deaths. Since
1902 no deaths have been registered, this yoar being the 48th since
a death from this disease occurred.
Measles.— There were no deaths arising from this cause during
the year—a similar return to that of the previous year. No deaths
have been recorded since 1947 when there was one.
In the ten year period 1901 to 1910 the yearly deaths averaged
36 and from 1911 to 1920 the figure was 37.7. A remarkable reduction
is shown by the figure 0.5, the average for the last 10 years, i.e.,
1941 to 1950.
Scarlet Fever.— For the fourth year in succession there were
no deaths attributed to this cause. One was recorded in 1946, none
in 1945 and one in 1944.
The yearly average for the twenty years 1901 to 1920 was 5.5
compared with 0.8 the average for the last 20 years.
Whooping Cough.— One death due to this disease was recorded
during the current year, giving a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
There was one death registered for each of the years 1947, 1948 and
1949.

Enteric Fever.— There were no deaths arising from this cause
during the year and none has been recorded since 1941. Only 3
deaths from Typhoid Fever have been registered during the last
twenty years.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.— Two deaths were stated
to be due to this cause, equalling a Death Rate of 0.02 per thousand.
Last year there was one death and the figures for the years 1945,
1946, 1947 and 1948 were 13, 4, 4, and 3 respectively.