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tered as having occurred in various hospitals, asylums, &c.,
outside the District. Of these
41 belonged to Lewisham.
25 ,, to Sydenham.
23 „ to Penge.
2 „ to Blackheath.
Death rate for 1897 = 12.2 per 1000, the lowest rate
recorded in this District.
The death rate in England and Wales in 1897 was
17.4 per 1,000, which is lower than the rate in any previous
year, except 1894 and 1896. Compared with the average
in the ten years, 1887-96, the death rate in 1897 shows a
decrease of 1.2 per 1,000.
The death rate in Registration London, with a population
of nearly four and-a-half millions, was 19.0 per 1000.
The death rate for the "Outer Ring" of suburban districts,
with a population of over a million and three-quarters,
was 13.5 per 1,000.
The death rate of the thirty-three great towns of
England and Wales, with a population of nearly eleven
millions, averaged 19.0 per 1000, ranging from 13.1 per
1000 in Croydon to 24.3 per 1000 in Liverpool.
Zymotic Disease.
The number of deaths from the 7 principal Zymotic
Diseases was 218, as compared with 258 in the previous year,
nearly half this number being due to diurrhcea.
Scarlet Fever 9 deaths, as compared with 11 in 1896.
Diphtheria 43 „ „ 82 „
Small-pox 0 „ „ 0 „
Typhoid Fever 10 „ „ 10 „
Measles 21 ,, „ 42 „
Whooping Cough 29 „ ,, 26 ,,
Diarrhoea 106 ,, ,, 87 ,,