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Cough 38, Diphtheria 13, Enteric Fever 2, Epidemic Diarrhoea
and Enteritis 112, and Dysentery 2. (See Table 14).
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 17. The highest rates
in the Borough were due to Epidemic Diarrhœa and Whooping
Cough.
In the three Divisions of the Borough the Zymotic death
rates were Lee 0.67, Lewisham 1.62 (the highest), and Sydenham
and Forest Hill 1.35. (See Table 17).
ANALYSIS OF DEATHS IN RELATION TO DISEASE GROUPS.
CLASS I.—All Infective Diseases (230).
Small-Pox.— No deaths occurred from this disease.
Measles.— Measles was the cause of 23 deaths, equal to a
death rate of 0.16 per 1,000 of the population. The prevalence
of this disease was most marked in the fourth quarter of the
year in Sydenham and Forest Hill, and out of 15 deaths during
that period 14 were in this division. (See Table 17).
Scarlet Fever.— Seven deaths were notified in the
Borough, equal to a mortality rate of 0.05 per 1,000. Lewisham
Division had the highest mortality, 0.07, the rates for Lee and
Sydenham and Forest Hill Divisions being 0.05 and 0.02
respectively. The case mortality amounted to 2.2 per cent.
of the persons affected.
Diphtheria.— There were 13 fatal cases, giving a mortality
rate for the Borough of 0.09 per 1,000. Of the three
Divisions the greatest number of deaths occurred in Lee, the
mortality being 0.10. The case mortality was 11.1 per cent.
of the actual cases.