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Small-Pox. There were no deaths from this disease in 1915.
this being the thirteenth year since a death occurred from this
cause in the Borough.
Measles. Forty-six deaths were ascribed as due to this
disease, 42 of the patients being under five years of age, and 4
between five and fifteen years of age, compared with 43 which
occurred in 1914; 39 and 28 deaths were recorded in the three
preceding years.
Twenty:one of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 6 in
West Greenwich, 3 in St. Nicholas, 13 in Charlton, and 3 in Kidbrooke.
The quarterly incidence was 21 in the first, and 17, 6
and 2 respectively in the succeeding quarters.
Scarlet-Fever. This disease occasioned 4 deaths, between
the ages of two and fifteen years. One of the deaths occurred in
East Greenwich and two in West Greenwich and one in Kidbrooke.
Seven such deaths occurred in 1914 and two in 1913.
Diphtheria. There were 14 deaths from this disease during
1915. This gives a Death Rate for Diphtheria of 0.14 comparing
with 0.18, the rate for 1914. Seventeen deaths occurred in 1914
which were attributed to this cause, and 17, 18 and 16 in the three
preceding years.
Ten of the patients were under five years of age, 2 of ihem
dying in the Brook Hospital, and 4 of the patients were over five
years of age, and of these none died in the Brook Hospital. There
was a further number of deaths from Diphtheria in patients not
ordinarily resident in the Borough, of which 2 were under treatment
at the Brook Hospital and 1 at the Union Infirmary.
Six tubes of Diptheria Anti-toxin, containing a total of 24,000
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
43 deaths in 1915, as against 7, 14 and 56 in the three preceding
years. These deaths equal a rate of 0.44 per 1,000. Fifteen of