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Plumstead 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1899
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9. The following Table gives the deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births, in recent years, in the two districts:—
Table A.
| West. | East. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 132 | 143 |
| 1894 | 77 | 100 |
| 1895 | 96 | 146 |
| 1896 | 98 | 145 |
| 1897 | 106 | 119 |
| 1898 | 174 | 150 |
| 1899 | 100 | 131 |
This Table shews that, comparing the average of the three
years, 1893-4-5, with 1897-8-9, the rate in West Plumstead has
increased from 101 to 126, and in East Plumstead from 129 to
133.
10. Sixty-nine of the 245 deaths under 1 year were from
premature birth and low vitality, including such indefinite
causes as convulsions. Most of the 85 deaths from Diarrhoea
were also under 1 year of age.
11. There were 322 deaths under 5 years of age, which is
35 per cent. of the total deaths, and 4.9 per 1,000 population.
12. The Zymotic death-rate (i.e., the death-rate from Small
Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Measles,
Whooping Cough, and Diarrhœa) was 13, which is the lowest
it has been since 1885. Last year it was 3.5. The rate was
1.4 in West, and 2.0 in East Plumstead.
13. There were 32 uncertified deaths, or 3.4 per cent. of
total deaths, compared with 2.9, l.3, and 4.1 in the three