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REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic. The deaths due to this class of diseases have
been 154, equalling a death rate of 1.49 per 1,000, compared
with 246 the total deaths, and 2.43 the death rate, for the
corresponding diseases last year.
The Zymotic Death Rate for the County of London equals
1.70 per 1,000, wherein it varied from 0.53 in Hampstead, 0.57
in the City of London, 0.81 in the City of Westminster, 0.95 in
Lewisham, l.02 in Woolwich, and 1.03 in Chelsea, up to 2.21 in
Bermondsey, 2.27 in Bethnal Green, 2.39 in Southwark, 2.58 in
Stepney, 2.65 in Poplar, 2.71 in Fulham, and 2.96 in Shoreditch.
Locally the total Zymotic Death Rate varied from nil in
Kidbrooke (nil 1904), 0.77 in Charlton (1.46 in 1904), 1.27 in
East Greenwich and in West Greenwich (2.59 and 1.93 respectively
in 1904), to 1.90 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (4.00 in 1904),
from which it will be seen that each District, has participated in
this improvement.
Small-pox. During the year there have been no deaths
from this disease.
Measles. This disease has proved fatal in 18 cases, 17 of
them being in children under five years of age. There were 40
deaths due to this complaint in 1904 and 25 in 1903. The
distribution of these Measles fatalities was as follows:—3 in
St. Nicholas, 6 in East Greenwich, and 9 in West Greenwich.
Scarlet Fever. This disease is credited with a total of
only 5 deaths during the year, 1 in East Greenwich, and 4 in
West Greenwich.