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District. 13
The total number of the deaths was 596, compared
with 438 in the preceding year. It is a larger number
than in any year of the decade, the nearest approach to
it brine: in 1896. The increased number is due to the
high mortality from Diphtheria, Measles and Diarrhoea.
The death.rate from all these Zymotic diseases was 2.94
per thousand living, as compared with 2.23, in 1897,
and was, exceeded in only three years in the decade.
The following Table gives the Zymotic death.rate for the
last ten years together with those of the sub.districts.
It is seen that the rate varied from 2.l in Streatham to
3.59 in Wandsworth.