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Parish of Greenwich, as the Death Rate amounted to only 1*6
per 1,000 from that class of disease.
This year the Death Rate amounts to 3-1 per 1,000 as against
2-3 of last year.
Scarlet Fever. Last year there were 417 cases of
Scarlet Fever reported in the Greenwich district, 80 of which
occurred during the first two weeks in April. Twelve proved
fatal.
This year (1893) shews a considerable decrease in the
number, there being only 302, of which 13 were fatal.
Enteric or Typhoid Fever. Last year there were 55
cases of Enteric Fever reported and 13 deaths. This year the
number is reduced to 39, the fatal cases being 17.
Erysipelas shows an increase of 18 cases compared with
that of last year. 1892—122 cases. 1893—140.
Measles. This disease used to be looked upon as one of
the most simple of the Zymotic class, but of late years the
complications (principally of the Respiratory Organs) arising
therefrom have been so numerous as to suggest that it is more
fatal than Scarlet Fever.
There were 27 deaths from Measles and its complications in
1893, against 43 last year.
In the opinion of many Medical Officers of Health, Measles
should be reported under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
in the place of Erysipelas.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. I regret to report