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Measles.
There were 42 deaths due to this disease, which is 59 below
the average for the last ten years, and 68 below the number for
1915.
Whooping Cough.
16 deaths were due to this cause, against 79 in 1915.
Typhus Fever.
No deaths occurred from this disease.
Enteric Fever.
2 deaths were due to this cause, 1 in Bermondsey and 1 in
Rotherhithe. The corresponding figures for 1915 were 3 for the
Borough, viz., 1 in Bermondsey and 2 in Rotherhithe.
Senile Mortality.
The number of deaths over 65 years of age in 1916 was 523,
compared with 544 in 1915.
Death Certification.
There were no uncertified deaths in 1916.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1916 was 266, against 303 in 1915.
This figure comprises 175 for Bermondsey, 70 for Rotherhithe, and 21 for St. Olave. Of these, 179 were due to phthisis
and 87 to the other tubercular diseases.
Phthisis.
In Table B will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1905. There were 184 deaths due to this cause,
which is 49 less than the number recorded in the previous year.