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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
I stated in my Annual Report of 1888-9, that it was customary
to regard the absence or prevalence of disease of a Zymotic type
as a test of the Sanitary condition of a district, and I was justified
in congratulating the Board upon the satisfactory state of the
Parish of Greenwich, as the Death Rate amounted to only l.6
per 1,000 from that class of disease.
This year, the Death Rate amounts to 4.0 per 1,000 as
against 2.2 of last year.
Scarlet Fever. I regret to state that (in common with
other parts of the Metropolis) there has been a considerable
increase in the number of Notifiable Diseases during the year in
the Parish of Greenwich, and more particularly so with Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria.
Last year there were 256 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, and
six deaths, and this year 394 cases and 21 deaths, 12 of which
occurred in the outlying districts.
The following may be of interest:—
1893 417 Notified Cases 12 Deaths
1894 270 „ „ 11 „
1895 256 „ „ 6 „
1896 394 „ „ 21 „
Enteric or Typhoid Fever. Last year there were 38
cases of Enteric Fever reported, and 7 deaths. This year the
number is 37, the fatal cases being 16.
Erysipelas still shows a decrease, compared with that of
last year. 1893—140 cases. 1894—96. 1895—65. 1896—61.