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Locally, the Zymotic death rates varied from nil in
Kidbrooke, 0.99 in Charlton, 1.69 in West Greenwich, and 1.08
in East Greenwich, to 2.40 in St. Nicholas.
When these separate districts are compared with their last
year returns, it is found that Charlton has improved 0.18, Kidbrooke
has improved 0.61, and St. Nicholas has improved most of
all, viz., 0.66; whilst East Greenwich has retrograded 0.31, and
West Greenwich 0.50 per 1,000.
Small-pox. During this year there have only been four
cases of Small-pox notified within the Borough, none of which
proved fatal.
Measles. There have been 25 deaths from this disease
throughout the whole of the Borough, distributed as follows:—
11 in East Greenwich, 8 in West Greenwich, 4 in St. Nicholas,
and 2 in Charlton, giving a total death rate from this disease of
0.25 per 1,000.
Scarlet Fever is credited with a total of 7 deaths, 5 being
in East Greenwich, and 2 in West Greenwich, giving a death rate
of 0.07 per 1,000 for the whole of the Borough. The deaths of
6 of these patients occurred in the Brook Hospital, 1 died at
home. There were also in the Brook Hospital 44 deaths from
Scarlet Fever, of patients belonging to other districts.
Diphtheria. Diphtheria has occasioned 27 deaths, equal
to a death rate of 0.27 per 1,000, being distributed as follows:—
10 in East Greenwich, 10 in West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas,
and 1 in Charlton.
Seventeen of these patients died in the Brook Hospital, and
2 in other similar Institutions, whilst a further 69 deaths from