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Diphtheria. This disease has been the cause of 15
fatalities, giving a death rate of 0·14 per 1,000; 9 of these deaths
were in patients under five years of age. There were 12 such
fatalities in 1904, and 27 in 1903. The local distribution was 1
in St. Nicholas, Deptford, 3 in West Greenwich, 5 in East
Greenwich, and 6 in Charlton. Twelve of the patients died in
the Brook Hospital, the remaining 3 being under treatment in
their own homes. There was a further number of 33 deaths
rom Diphtheria occurring amongst patients not resident in this
Borough, but under treatment at the Brook Hospital.
Twenty-one tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a
total of 84,000 units of serum, for the treatment of patients
suffering from this disease, have been supplied by this Council
during the year.
Whooping Cough. This has been the cause of 14 deaths,
comparing with 54 and 37 respectively in the two preceding
years, and giving a rate of 0·13 per 1,000. Nine of these deaths
were in East Greenwich, and 5 in West Greenwich.
Typhoid Fever. This disease has been the cause of 5
deaths in the Borough during the year, comparing with 8 such
deaths in 1904, and only 1 in 1903. Two of these deaths
occurred in patients belonging to East Greenwich, and 1 each in
West Greenwich, St. Nicholas, and Charlton. In two of the fatal
cases the patients were being treated in public institutions.
Diarrhiœa. This disease has occasioned 64 deaths, equalling
a death rate of 0·62 per 1,000, comparing with 109 and 67 deaths
respectively in the two preceding years. Thirty-seven of these
deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 9 in West Greenwich, 10 in