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Scarlet-Fever. This disease occasioned 1 death between the
ages of two and fifteen years, which occurred in St. Nicholas. One
such death occurred in 1917 and 4 in 1916.
Diphtheria. There were 16 deaths from this disease during
1918. This gives a Death Rate for Diphtheria of .07 comparing
with .29 the rate for 1917. Twenty-seven deaths occurred in 1917
which were attributed to this cause, and 17, 14 and 22 in 1914,
1915 and 1916 respectively.
Nine of the patients were under five years of age, and 7 of the
patients were over five years of age.
Ten tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total of
20,000 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
45 deaths in 1918, as against 43, 23 find 8 in 1915, 1916 and 1917
respectively. These deaths equal a rate of 0.50 per 1,000. Ten of
the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 24 in West Greenwich, 7
in St. Nicholas and 4 in Charlton.
Typhoid Fever. There were 4 deaths ascribed as due to
this disease: there were 2 in 1917, 6 in 1916, 7 in 1915, 5 in 1914,
3 in 1913, 2in 1912, 4 in 1911 and 3 in 1910. One death occurred
in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich, and 2 in Charlton.
Diarrhœa and Zymotic Enteritis. Thirty-seven deaths were
stated to be due to this cause, equalling a rate of .41 per 1,000.
Last Year there were 38 deaths, and 57, 37 and 42 respectively in
1914, 1915 and 1916.
The deaths were distributed as follows:— Twenty-one in East
Greenwich, 7 in West Greenwich, 4 in St. Nicholas, and 5 in
Charlton. Twenty-seven patients were over five years of age.
The deaths in 1917 were distributed as follows: —16 in East
Greenwich, 7 in 'West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas, and 9 in
Charlton. It is interesting to note that the deaths during the
months when Diarrhoea is notifiable in Greenwich were 13 in 1916,
29 in 1917 and 24 in 1918.
Influenza. Influenza is found to have been'the responsible
cause of 301 deaths in 1918: 22 was the average of the previous
three years. Of the 301, 25 were over sixty-five years of age.
Sporadic Diseases. There was one death from this class of
diseases during the year.
Venereal Syphilis. Six deaths were given as due 'to
Syphilis, as against 5 in 1917 and 6 in 1916. Of these 6 deaths, 4
were under five years of age. One occurred in East Greenwich,
4 in West Greenwich and 1 in Charlton. Four of the deceased
persons were in the Greenwich Infirmary.