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Chicken Pox.
Chicken-Pox was made a notifiable disease from March 17th to June 30th, 1915,
and during this period 418 cases were notified. 73 occurred in the Limehouse
District, 70 in St. George-in-the-East, 132 in Mile End Old Town, and 143 in the
Whitechapel District.
None proved fatal.
Zymotic Diseases.
The total deaths from diseases of a Zymotic character numbered 526. It includes
deaths from Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever,
Puerperal Fever and Diarrhoea. This number is 134 less than in the previous
year.
143 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 2 81 per 1,000 of the
population.
110 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 2 43 per 1,000 of the
population.
199 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 184 per 1,000 of the
population.
74 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 119 per 1.000 of the
population.
Measles.
The number of deaths from Measles was 113, or 61 less than in the previous
year.
29 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 57 per 1,000 of
the population.
32 belonged to St. George-in-the-East. or at the rate of 70 per 1,000 of
the population.
42 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 38 per 1,000 of the
population.
10 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 15 per 1,000 of
the population.
The death rate for the whole Borough was 42 per 1,000 of the population.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .50 per 1,000.
With the exception of 2, all the deaths were those of children under 5 years of
age, and 80 (or 70 per cent.) were under 2 years of age.