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Diphtheria.— Again it is gratifying to report that there were
no deaths from Diphtheria during the year under review and that it
is now 4 years since one was recorded.
The accompanying graph shows the remarkable fall in deaths
from this disease since the beginning of the century.
Tuberculosis.— There were 44 deaths from this disease during
the year, giving a Death Rate of 0.49, compared with 46 deaths and
a Rate of 0.53 for the previous year. The present year's Rate
compares very favourably with the average T.B. Death Rate during
the past ten years, viz., 0.84.
It is very satisfactory to note a further decrease in the number
of Tuberculosis deaths and the current year's figure of 44 appears all
the more remarkable when compared with the 219 deaths recorded
in 1917, the largest yearly total since the Borough's inception. It
is to be hoped that this improvement will not give rise to
complacency.

Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 41 attributed to
the cause, equalling a Rate of 0.45 as compared with 0.47 for the
previous year.
The distribution of the deaths was as follows : 7 in East
Greenwich, 8 in West Greenwich, none in St. Nicholas, Deptford,
and 26 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 3
deaths.