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in Charlton, 3 each in St. Nicholas and West Greenwich, and 5
in East Greenwich. Five of the patients died in the Brook
Hospital, 2 in other Institutions, and the remaining 5 being under
treatment in their own homes. There was a further number of
67 deaths from Diphtheria occurring amongst patients not resident
in this Borough, but under treatment at the Brook Hospital, 1
also similarly in Greenwich Union Infirmary.
Twenty-five tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total of
100,000 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 54 deaths,
comparing with 37 last year, and giving a death rate of 0.53 per
1,000. Twenty-seven of these deaths were in East Greenwich, 11 in
West Greenwich, and 8 each in St. Nicholas and Charlton. I indicated
in last year's Report that we were passing through a somewhat
severe epidemic of this disease, and that the epidemic was still
continuing; this has also been the case throughout the whole of
this year, it having, however, now begun to decline.
Typhoid Fever. This disease has been the cause of 8
deaths in the Borough during the year, comparing with only 1
such death during the previous year. Six of these deaths occurred
in patients belonging to East Greenwich, and 2 in West Greenwich.
In six of the fatal cases the patients were being treated in public
institutions.
Diarrhœa. This disease has occasioned 109 deaths,
equalling a death rate of 1.07 per 1000, comparing with 67 in the
preceding year. Fifty-nine of these deaths occurred in East
Greenwich, 22 in West Greenwich, 12 in St. Nicholas, and 16 in