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Scarlet Fever. This disease occasioned 6 deaths, 3 being
under and 3 over five years of age; there were 2 in East
Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich, and 2 in Charlton. Ten such
deaths occurred in 1907 and 17 in 1906.
Diphtheria. There were 18 deaths from this disease during
1908. This gives a death rate for Diphtheria of 0.16, comparing
with 0.19, the rate for 1907. Twenty deaths occurred in 1907,
which were attributed to this cause, and 30, 15 and 12 in the three
preceding years.
Twelve of the patients were under five years of age, 9 of
them dying in the Brook Hospital, 1 in the Greenwich Union
Infirmary, and 1 in the Seamen's Hospital; the one remaining
being under treatment at home; 6 of the patients were over five
years of age, and of these 3 died in the Brook Hospital, and the
remaining 3 in their own homes. There was a further number of
42 deaths from Diphtheria in patients not ordinarily resident in
this Borough, but under treatment at the Brook Hospital, and 1
in the Miller Hospital.
Twelve tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total of
48,000 units of serum, for the treatment of patients suffering from
this disease, have been supplied by this Council during the year.
Whooping Cough. This disease was given as the cause of
31 deaths in 1907, as against 26, 41 and 14 in the three preceding
years. These deaths equal a rate of 0.28 per 1,000. There was
only one patient over five years of age. Twenty-three of the
deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 4 in West Greenwich, 2 in
St. Nicholas, and 2 in Charlton.