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In Table V. will be found a comparison of the deaths occurring in
the Sanitary District of Woolwich during the years 1897, 1898 and
1899, distinguishing those under 5 years of age and those over 5 years
of age.
Zymotic* Death Rate.
The deaths from all causes during the year included
13 from Measles, 4 from Scarlet Fever, 47 from Diarrhcea,
21 from Diphtheria, 12 from Whooping Cough, 6 from Enteric or
Typhoid Fever, 31 from Influenza, 2 from Erysipelas, and 4from Puerperal
Fever; in all 140 deaths from diseases classified by the Registrar
General as Specific Febrile, or Zymotic. This is equivalent to a
Zymotic death-rate of 3.4 per thousand.
This high rate is due to the increased mortality from Diarrhoea and
Influenza, the fatal cases of which numbered respectively 47 and 31,
as compared with 38 and n in 1898. The deaths from Diphtheria are
also slightly in excess of those in 1898, when their number was 20.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, and Enteric or Typhoid
Fever, have fallen from 5, 24 and 8, to 4, 12 and 6, respectively.
The Zymotic death-rate for the past ten years is as follows:—
1890 2.5
1891 2.8
1892 2.4
1893 2.6
1894 2.6
1895 1.8
1896 4.2
1897 2.7
1898 3.5
1899 3.4
Phthisis Mortality
In lable I., Class IV., 141 deaths are recorded as
&c. arising from some form of tubercular disease, of which
number 54 occurred in the Dockyard Registration Sub-District, and 87
*As in previous years, the deaths from Influenza, Erysipelas, and Puerperal
Fever have been included under this heading. Deducting these deaths 31, 2, and 4
respectively the total number would be 103, and the Zymotic death-rate—from the
Principal Zymotic diseases—2-44. See Tables IX and X.