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1918.
Infective Diseases—
Epidemic 4.86
Sporadic 0.01
Venereal 0.06
Septic 0.04
Malarial 0.01
Tuberculosis 1.90
Dietetic Diseases 0.01
Constitutional Diseases 1.41
Developmental Diseases 2.09
Local Diseases —
Nervous System 0.32
1908.
Local Diseases —continued.
Circulatory System 1.52
Respiratory System 3.64
Digestive System 0.78
Urinary System 0.53
Reproductive System 0.06
Parturition 0.02
Bones and Joints 0.02
Integumentary System 0.06
External Causes —
Accidents 0.53
Organs of Special Sense 0.03
Suicide 0.04
REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic. There were 436 deaths due to this class of diseases,
equalling a Death Rate of 4.86 per 1,000; the rate last year
was 1.54, and was 2.30, 1.71 and 1.71 in 1914, 1915 and 1916
respectively.
Zymotic. The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases
is credited with causing a total of 153 deaths, equalling a Death
Rate of 1.70 per 1,000.
Locally, the Zymotic Death Rate varied from .37 in Kidbrooke
(0.00 in 1917), 1.1 in Charlton (1.18 in 1917), 1.78 in
East Greenwich (1.31 in 1917), 2.01 in West Greenwich (1.2l in
1917), up to 2.06 in St. Nicholas (3.80 in 1917).
Small-Pox. There were no deaths from this disease in 1918,
this being the sixteenth year since a death occurred from this
cause in the Borough.
Measles. Forty-five deaths, were ascribed as due to this
disease, 42 of the patients being under five years of age, and 3
between five and fifteen years of age, compared with 45 which
occurred in 1917; 45, 46 and 48 deaths were recorded in the years
1914, 1915 and 1916 respectively.
Thirty-seven of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 5 in
West Greenwich. 0 in St. Nicholas, 3 in Charlton, and 0 in Kidbrooke.
The quarterly incidence was 20 in the first, and 17, 7
and 1 respectively in the succeeding quarters.