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REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Principal Epidemic Diseases.—There were 71 deaths due
to this class of disease, equalling a Death Rate of .89 per
1,000; the rate last year was .54, and was 1.34, .58 and .54
in 1924, 1925 and 1926 respectively.
Zymotic.—The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases is
credited with causing a total of 61 deaths, equalling a Death
Rate of .59 per 1,000.
Locally the Zymotic Death Rate varied from .50 in Charlton
(•04 in 1927), -60 in East Greenwich (.49 in 1927), .63 in
West Greenwich (.40 in 1927), to. 94 in St. Nicholas, Deptford
(.38 in 1927).
Small-Pox.—There were no deaths from Small-Pox, this
being the twenty-sixth year since a death occurred from this
cause in the Borough.
Measles.—There were 25 deaths ascribed as due to this
disease (24 being under five years of age). This is equal to a
Death Rate of .24 per 1,000. Thirteen occurred in East Greenwich,
7 in West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas and 3 in Charlton.
The number of deaths recorded last year was nil, and in
the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, 28, 21 and 13 respectively.
Scarlet Fever.—This disease occasioned one death, which
occurred in East Greenwich.
Three such deaths occurred in 1925, 1 in 1926 and 2 in
1927.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of
8 deaths, with a death rate of .07 per 1,000. There were
16, 4 and 15 deaths respectively in the years 1927, 1926 and
1925.
One death occurred in East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich,
2 in St. Nicholas and 3 in Charlton.
Diphtheria.—There were 15 deaths during the year. This
gives a death rate of .14 comparing with .10 for the previous
year.
Eleven deaths occurred in 1927. 12 in 1926 and 14 in 1925.
Eleven of the patients were under five years of age.
Typhoid Fever.—There were two deaths ascribed to this
disease, both of which occurred in West Greenwich. There were
1 in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927 respectively.