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in the Borough.
Measles. Forty-eight deaths were ascribed as due to this
disease, 43 of the patients being under five years of age, and 5
between five and fifteen years of age, compared with 46 which
occurred in 1915. 47, 39 and 38 deaths were recorded in the three
preceding years.
Sixteen of the deaths occurred in East Greenwich, l8 in west
Greenwich, 12 in St. Nicholas, 2 in Charlton and 0 in Kidbrooke.
The quarterly incidence was 7 in the first, and 20, 4 and 17
respectively in the succeeding quarters.
Scrlet-Fever . This disease occasioned 4 deaths, between the
ages of one and fifteen years. Two of the deaths occurred in East
Greenwich and one in in west Greenwich and one in Charlton. Four such
deaths occurred in 1915 and seven in 1914.
Diphtheria There were 22 deaths from this disease during 1916.
This gives a Death Rate for Diphtheria of 0.23 comparing with 0.14,
the rate for 1915. Fourteen deaths occurred in 1915 which were
attributed to this cause, and 17, 12 and 16 in the three preceding
years.
Fifteen of the patients were under five years of age and 7 of
the patients were over five years of age.
Sixteen tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a total of
48,000 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 23
death in 1918, as against 43, 7 and 24 in the three preceding years
These deaths equal a rate of 0.24 per 1,000 Eleven of the deaths
occurred in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas
and 5 Charlton.
Typhoid Fever. There wore six deaths ascribed as due to this
disease; there were 7 in 1915, 5 in 1914 3 in 1913, 2 in 1912, 4
in 1911, 3 in 1910, 3 in 1909 and 9 in 1908. one death occurred
in East Greenwich, 4 in West Greenwich and 1 in Charlton.
Diarrhœa and Zymotic Enteritis. 42 deaths were stated to be
due to this cause, equalling a rate of 0.44 per 1,000. Last year
there were 50 deaths, and 57, 61 and 31 respectively in the three
preceding years.
The deaths were distributed as follows:- 16 in East Greenwich, 13
in West Greenwich, 12 in St. Nicholas, and 1 in Charlton. 4 patients
were over 5 years of age.
The deaths in 1915 were distributed as follows:- 18 in E. Greenwich,
16 in W. Greenwich, 9 in St. Nicholas and 7 in Charlton. It is
interesting to note that the deaths during the months when Diarrhœa
is notifiable in Greenwich were 34 in. 1914. 24 in 1915 & 13 in 1916.
Influenza. Influenza is found to have been the responsible
cause for 26 deaths in 1916. 18 was the average of the previous
three years. Of the 26, 12 were over sixty-five years of age.
Sporadic Diseases. There were no deaths from this class of
diseases during the year.
Venereal. Syphilis. Six deaths were given as due to Syphilis,
as against 3 in 1915 and 5 in 1914. Of these six deaths 3 were
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