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WHOOPING COUGH.
This disease was the cause of 44 deaths, compared with 47, 25
and 35 for the three preceding years.
The death-rate per 1,000 persons living was 0.36, as compared
with 0.41, 0.21 and 0.30 for the three preceding years. The
rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.24, for the 77 great
towns 0.29, for the 136 smaller towns 0.24, and for the County of
London 0.28. North Deptford had 17 deaths, South Deptford 7, and
Central Deptford 20.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of notifications under the Local Government Board's
Order, which came into force on January 1st, 1909, rendering compulsory
the notification of cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by the
Medical Officer of a Poor Law Institution, and by the District
Medical Officer in the case of any poor person he is attending,
according to his agreement with the Board of Guardians, was 209
relating to 96 cases. Table 3 shows there were 34 in North Deptford,
18 in South Deptford and 44 in Central Deptford.
The number of deaths registered was 151, equal to an annual
rate of 1.26 per 1,000 persons living, compared with 1.40, 1.30 and
1.55 for the three preceding years.
The rate of mortality for the County of London was 1.14.
There were 55 deaths in North Deptford, 38 in South Deptford,
and 58 in Central Deptford.
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
Under this heading are included Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy,
and other diseases of the respiratory organs.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 382,
compared with 374, 336 and 373 for the preceding three years. Of
these deaths 76 were of children under one year of age, 65 over one
and under five years, and 131 were persons over 65 years of age.