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ZYMOTIC DISEASES
An examination of statistics provided by the Registrar-General
for the year 1958 showed that three deaths were attributable to
"Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea", and one was from Measles,
representing a death rate of 0.07 per 1,000 of the population.
Currently, the term "Zymotic" is indicative of such diseases
as cholera, diarrhoea, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox,
typhoid fever and typhus fever, but at one time it was applied to a
considerable number of diseases which were considered to be "epidemic,
endemic, and contagious".
Mortality from the causes outlined above has declined to a
remarkable extent since the beginning of the century as will be seen
from the following summary:-
Year Number of
deaths
1900 219
1905 98
1910 66
1915 76
1920 41
1925 29
1930 22
1935 17
1940 1
1945 6
1950 3
1955 6
1956 -
1957 5
1958 4