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Common Infectious Diseases.—Under this classification comprising
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and
Diarrhoea no deaths were registered for the current year.
There were 2 deaths during 1955, one for 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 54th since a death from this
disease occurred.
Measles.—There were no deaths arising from this cause during
the year compared with 2 for the previous year. Prior to 1955 no
deaths had been registered since the year 1947 when there was one.
Scarlet Fever.—For the tenth 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
each of the previous 2 years.
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 and for 1955, 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 10 years since one was recorded.
Tuberculosis.—There were 13 deaths from this disease during
the year giving a Death Rate of 0.14 compared with 8 deaths and a
Rate of 0.08 for the previous year. This year's Rate, although
some 0.06 higher than that for 1955, still compares favourably with
the average T.B. Death Rate during the previous 10 years, viz : 0.47
Again current figures throw into relief the remarkable improvement
in the Tuberculosis situation in the Borough during recent