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Common Infectious Diseases.—This classification comprising
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea
was responsible for 2 deaths giving a rate of 0.02 for the current year.
One death was registered from Common Infectious Diseases
during 1954, 4 for 1953, none for 1952 and 3 for each of the years
1951 and 1950.
Smallpox.—No deaths from Smallpox have been recorded
during the year, this year being the 53rd since a death from this
disease occurred.
Measles.—There were 2 deaths arising from this cause during
the year in contrast to a nil return for the previous year. Prior to
this year no deaths had been registered since 1947 when there was
one.
Scarlet Fever.—For the ninth 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, a similar position to that obtaining during
1954.
Two deaths were registered for 1953 none for 1952, and one for
each of the years 1951 and 1950.
Enteric Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this cause
during the year and none has been recorded since 1941. Only 2
deaths from Typhoid Fever have been registered during the last
twenty years.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—Compared with a nil
return for the current year there was 1 death from this cause in 1954,
2 during 1953 and none during 1952.
Diphtheria.—Again it is gratifying to report that there were
no deaths from Diphtheria during the year under review and that
it is now 9 years since one was recorded.
Tuberculosis.—There were 8 deaths from this disease during
the year giving a Death Rate of 0.08 compared with 15 deaths and a
Rate of 0.16 for the previous year. This year's Rate compares
extremely favourably with the average T.B. Death Rate during the
previous 10 years, viz : 0.54.
Again current figures throw into relief the remarkable improvement
in the Tuberculosis situation in the Borough during the past 10