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years. These deaths equal a rate of 0.31 per 1,000. Eleven of
the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 6 in West Greenwich, 6
in St. Nicholas, and 1 in Charlton.
Typhoid Fever. There were two deaths ascribed as due to
this disease; there were 2 in 1912, 4 in 1911, 3 in 1910, 3 in 1909,
9 in 1908, and 5 each in 1907 and 1906. The deaths occurred in
West Greenwich.
Diarrhcea and Zymotic Enteritis. Sixty-one deaths were
stated to be due to this cause, equalling a rate of 0-63 per 1,000.
Last year there were 31 deaths, and 159, 35 and 34 respectively in
the three preceding years.
The deaths were distributed as follows:—Thirty in East
Greenwich, 14 in West Greenwich, 9 in St. Nicholas, and 8 in
Charlton. Six patients were over live years of age.
This question of Diarrhoea has been extensively dealt with in
previous pages in the Annual Report, notably in the introduction
and under the heading of Infantile Mortality, so that repetition
here will be unnecessary, and it only remains for me to say that
I have great hopes that much good will be accomplished in this
respect when the proposed permanent Health Visitor gets to work
and obtains the confidence of the mothers in the district.
Influenza. Influenza is found to have been the responsible
cause for 10 deaths in 1913; 14 was the average of the previous
three years. Of the 16, 7 were over sixty-live years of age.
Sporadic Diseases. There were no deaths from this class of
diseases during the year.
Venereal. Syphilis. Eight deaths were given as due to
Syphilis, as against 9 in 1912, and 7 in 1911. Of these 8 deaths,
5 were children under five years of age. One occurred in East
Greenwich, 3 in West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas and 2 in
Charlton. One of the deceased persons was in the Greenwich
Infirmary, 2 in the Seamen's Hospital and 3 in outside Institutions,