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Common Infectious Diseases.—This classification comprising
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea
was responsible for one death giving a rate of 0.01 for the current
year.
There were 4 deaths from Common Infectious Diseases during
1953 but none was recorded for 1952, 3 for 1951, 3 for 1950 and 2
for 1949.
Smallpox.—No deaths from Smallpox have been recorded
during the year, this year being the 52nd since a death from this
disease occurred.
Measles.—There were no deaths arising from this cause during
the year—a similar return to that of the previous year. No deaths
have been recorded since 1947 when there was one.
Scarlet Fever.—For the eighth year in succession there were
no deaths attributed to this cause. One was recorded in 1946, none
in 1945 and one in 1944.
Whooping Cough.—No deaths were credited to this cause
during the current year in comparison with two for the previous
year.
One death was registered for each of the years 1947,1948,1949,
1950 and 1951 and none for 1952.
Enteric Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this cause
during the year and none has been recorded since 1941. Only 3
deaths from Typhoid Fever have been registered during the last
twenty years.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—One death was stated
as being due to this cause, equalling a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
Last year 2 deaths were recorded from this cause and none for
1952. Two were registered during 1951 and also during 1950.
Diphtheria.—Again it is gratifying to report that there were
no deaths from Diphtheria during the year under review and that
it is now 8 years since one was recorded.
Tuberculosis.—There were 15 deaths from this disease during
the year giving a Death Rate of 0.16 compared with 18 deaths and a
Rate of 0.19 for the previous year. Again this year's Rate compares
very favourably with the average T.B. Death Rate during the
previous 10 years, viz : 0.61.
Current figures throw into relief the remarkable improvement
in the Tuberculosis situation in the Borough during the past 10