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The fatality of the isease (22.6) was higher last
year than in 1897 (15.5), but not equal to that
which prevailed in 1896 (25.7).
Diarkhcea.
No of Cases
Fatality
Not known.
No. of Deaths 1898 92 1897 107
Mortality „ 0.72 „ 0.84
The deaths from this cause were 17 above the
ten-year average, 22 above that for 1888-92, and 14
above that for 1893-97. The mortality, calculated
per 1,000 persons of all ages, was 0.72, as compared
with a mean rate of 0.56. In North Paddington, the
deaths numbered 78, as compared with an average of
67 for the ten years, one of 63 for the first quinquennium,
and one of 69 in the second. The mortality
was 0.82 (calculated as before), as compared with a
mean rate of 0.70. In South Paddington the deaths
amounted to 14, while the averages were, for the first
and second quinquennia, 7 and 9 respectively, and for
the decennium, 8. The mortality (0.41) was nearly
double the mean rate (0.22).
This subject will be further considered under the
heading of "Infantile Mortality," to which it properly
belongs.
The foregoing diseases, with the addition of smallpox,
from which no death has been recorded during
the past two years, constitute the "Seven Principal
Zymotics," on which is based the Zymotic Death-rate.