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The Zymotic death rate for the Borough is 1.7 per 1,000
persons, compared with 2.21 for the County of London, 1.63
England and Wales, and 2.12 for the 76 Great Towns. Of the
ten South Metropolitan Boroughs only two have a lower rate,
Greenwich 1.59, and Wandsworth 1.62. Of the remaining
Boroughs five are lower, Hampstead 0.81, City of Westminster
1.28, Stoke Newington 1.17, City of London 1.88, Kensington
1.49. (See Table 9).
Of the total 227 deaths from the principal infectious
diseases, Small Pox accounted for 12, Measles 27, Scarlet Fever
17, Whooping Cough 63, Diphtheria 44, Enteric Fever 9, and
Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis 55. (See Table 11).
The death rates from the above diseases for the whole
Borough, the County of London, and the 76 Great Towns, have
been calculated and are set out in Table 14. The highest rates
were due to Whooping Cough and Epidemic Diarrhoea.
In the three Divisions of the Borough the Zymotic death
rates were Lee 1.3, Lewisham l.85 (the highest), and Sydenham
and Forest Hill l.66. (See Table 14).
The relation of age periods to mortality from the Zymotic
diseases will be found in Table 15. Of the total 227 deaths, 78
per cent. were among children under 5 years of age. For the
distribution of deaths in Ward localities see Table 13.
CLASS I.—Small Pox was responsible for 12 deaths,
equal to a death rate of 0 09 per 1,000, the lowest mortality of
the ten South Metropolitan Boroughs. Of the remaining
Boroughs, only two show a lower rate, Hampstead 0.04, and
Kensington 0.06. The case mortality, i.e., the percentage of
deaths to attacks was 14.3 per cent. Further reference will be
made to this disease in another part of the report.
Measles was responsible for 27 deaths, equal to a death
rate of 0.23 per thousand of the population. The mortality