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Deaths in Children under 5 years, 1901-1923.
Period.
Measles.
Whooping
Cough.
Small Pox.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid
Fever.
1901-5
278
211
13
53
80
—
1906-10
347
202
—
39
80
1
1911-15
366
169
—
27
48
—
1916
36
12
—
1
11
—
1917
117
10
—
2
7
—
1918
51
54
3
9
1919
9
—
—
—
11
—
1920
10
12
—
4
27
—
1921
3
13
—
6
22
—
1922
29
22
—
2
20
—
1923
10
7
—
2
8
—
Totals
1,256
712
13
139
323
1
From this table it appears that the deaths in 23 years due to
scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever and smallpox, all taken
together, numbered 476, to whooping cough 712, and measles
1,256.
In children under five years, therefore, it is seen that measles
kills over two-and-a-half times the number of children whose
deaths are caused by smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and
typhoid all included. Whooping cough causes one-and-a-half
times the number of deaths accredited to the other four named
infectious diseases.
Diphtheria-The number of cases notified was 814, all of
which were admitted to isolation hospital. Of these, 31 were subsequently sent home as not suffering from diphtheria, one case
proved to be scarlet fever, and 22 other cases were diagnosed as
tonsillitis, leaving 260 true cases of diphtheria. There were 8
deaths, so that 2.5 per cent. of all the patients died. The number
of cases is 92 less than last year; the number of deaths is 23 less
than in 1922.