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16, 55, and 29 deaths were recorded in the three preceding
years.
Twenty-seven of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich,
13 in West Greenwich, 5 in St. Nicholas, and 1 each
in Charlton and Kidbrooke. The quarterly incidence was
14 in the first, and 29, 3 and 1 respectively in the succeeding
quarters.
Scarlet Fever. This disease occasioned 3 deaths, all
being under 5 years of age; there was 1 in East Greenwich,
1 in West Greenwich, and 1 in St. Nicholas. Eight
such deaths occurred in 1909 and 6 in 1908.
Diphtheria. There were 10 deaths from this disease
during 1909. This gives a death rate for Diphtheria of
0-09, comparing with 0-06, the rate for 1909. Seven
deaths occurred in 1909, which were attributed to this
cause, and 18, 20 and 30 in the three preceding years.
Four of the patients were under five years of age,
2 of them dying in the Brook Hospital, and 0 of the
patients were over five years of age, and of these 5 died
in the Brook Hospital. There was a further number of
17 deaths from Diphtheria in patients not ordinarily resident
in this Borough, but under treatment at tbe Brook
Hospital.
Thirteen tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a
total of 52,000 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 56 deaths in 1910, as against 20, 31 and 26 in
the three preceding years. These deaths equal a rate of
0-50 per 1,000. There were 2 patients over five years
of age. Twenty-four of the deaths occurred in East