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Small-Pox. There were no deaths from this disease in 1913,
this being the eleventh year since a death occurred from this cause
in the Borough.
Measles. Thirty-nine deaths were ascribed as due to this
disease, 36 of the patients being under five years of age, and 3
between five and fifteen years of age, compared with 28 which
occurred in 1912; 38, 16 and 40 deaths were recorded in the three
preceding years.
Twenty of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 8 in West
Greenwich, 5 in St. Nicholas, and 6 in Charlton. The quarterly
incidence was 10 in the first, and 21, 7 and 1 respectively in the
succeeding quarters.
Scarlet Fever. This disease occasioned 2 deaths, between
the ages of five and fifteen years. One of the deaths occurred in
East Greenwich and one in West Greenwich. Nine such deaths
occurred in 1912 and three in 1911.
Diphtheria. There were 12 deaths from this disease during
1913. This gives a Death Rate for Diphtheria of 012 comparing
with 0.17, the rate for 1912. Sixteen deaths occurred in 1912
which were attributed to this cause, and 7, 18 and 16 in the three
preceding years.
Three of the patients were under five years of age, 1 of them
dying in the Brook Hospital, and 9 of the patients were over live
years of age, and of these 6 died in the Brook Hospital. There
was a further number of 50 deaths from Diphtheria in patients not
ordinarily resident in this Borough, but under treatment at the
Brook Hospital.
Nineteen tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total
of 76,000 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
24 deaths in 1913, as against 30, 14 and 56 in the three preceding