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The following diseases proved most fatal to young
children under five years of age:
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 39
Convulsions 19
Tubercular Diseases 13
Diarrhœa 40
In addition to the above there were 9 premature
births.
Zymotic Diseases.
The following are the deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases:
Diphtheria 2
Enteric Fever 4
Puerperal Fever 1
Erysipelas 3
Measles 31 (29 children under 5yrs)
Whooping Cough 7
Diarrhoea and Dysentery 45 (40 children under 5 yrs)
Total 93
The zymotic death rate was 3.47 per thousand,
against 2.23 for 1897; for London it was 2.62, and
for England and Wales, 2.22.
The following Table gives the average births,
birth rates, deaths, and death rates; also the deaths
from diseases of the zymotic class, together with the
average for the past ten years.