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Whooping Cough.— Thirty-eight deaths occurred from
Whooping Cough, equal to a death rate of 0.27. Most of these
deaths took place in the first and second quarters of the year,
and of the 34 deaths registered during that period 30 were in
the Lewisham Division.
Enteric Fever.— There were only two fatal cases, equal to
a death rate of 0.01 per 1,000. The case mortality was equal
to 8.7 per cent. of the persons affected, compared with 20.9 for
the previous year.
Epidemic Diarrhœa and Epidemic Enteritis.— Of all the
Zymotic Diseases Diarrhœa was by far the most fatal in the
Borough, accounting for more deaths than all the other Zymotic
Diseases combined, the respective figures being:—Epidemic
Diarrhœa, 40; Epidemic Enteritis, 72; Dysentery, 2; total, 114.
All other Zymotic Diseases, 83.
The death rate from Diarrhœa in Lewisham was 0*81 per
1,000, this being the lowest rate of the ten South Metropolitan
Boroughs. Of the 114 deaths due to this disease 103 were of
children under one year of age, or 23.4 per cent. of the deaths of
infants.
Other Infective Diseases were:— Influenza, 14; Puerperal
Fever, 5; Infective Endocarditis, 3; Erysipelas, 3; Venereal
Disease, 1; Septicœmia not Puerperal, 1; Pyaemia, 1; and
other Septic Diseases, 5.
CLASS II.—Tuberculous (169).—Phthisis. -This disease
was responsible for 118 deaths, or 7.0 per cent. of the total 1,679
deaths from all causes. This mortality is equal to a death
rate of 0.84 per 1,000 (compared with 0.78 in 1903) for the
whole Borough, the lowest rate of the ten Southern Metropolitan
Boroughs. Of the remaining London sanitary districts, only
Hampstead, 0.83, is lower. The district having the highest