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REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic. There were 93 deaths due to this class of diseases,
equalling a Death Rate of .88 per 1,000; the rate last year was
1.53, and was 1.71,1.54 and 4.86 in 1916, 1917 and 1918 respectively.
Zymotic. The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases
is credited with causing a total of 89 deaths, equalling a Death
Rate of .84 per 1,000.
Locally, the Zymotic Death Rate varied from .32 in Kidbrooke
(.32 in 1919), .49 in Charlton (.65 in 1919), .73 in East
Greenwich (.71 in 1919), 104 in West Greenwich (.92 in 1919),
up to 1.90 in St. Nicholas (1.72 in 1919).
Small-Pox. There were no deaths from this disease in 1920,
this being the eighteenth year since a death occurred from this
cause in the Borough.
Measles. Twenty-six deaths were ascribed as due to this
disease. 21 of the patients being under five years of age, 4
between five and fifteen years of age, and 1 between twenty-five
and forty-five years of age, compared with 13 which occurred in
1919. 48, 45 and 45 deaths were recorded in the years 1916, 1917
and 1918 respectively.
Ten of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 6 in West
Greenwich, 7 in St. Nicholas, 2 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke.
The quarterly incidence was 18 in the first, and 7, 1 and 0 respectively
in the succeeding quarters.
Scarlet Fever. This disease occasioned 3 deaths, 2 of which
were under five years. All the deaths occurred in East Greenwich.
Seven such deaths occurred in 1919 and 1 in 1918.
Diphtheria. There were 13 deaths from this disease during
1920. This gives a Death Rate for Diphtheria of .12, comparing
with .14, the rate for 1919. Fifteen deaths occurred in 1919 which
were attributed to this cause, and 22, 27 and 16 in 1916, 1917 and
1918 respectively.
Eleven of the patients were under five years of age.
Seventy-eight tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a
total of 156,000 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
20 deaths, as against 8, 45 and 9 in the years 1917, 1918 and 1919.
These deaths equal a rate of .19 per 1,000. Eleven of the deaths
occurred in East Greenwich, 6 in West Greenwich, 0 in St. Nicholas,
and 3 in Charlton.