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and Diarrhoea, no deaths were registered for the current year compared
with one for 1962, none for 1961, one for 1960 and a nil
return for each of the years 1959 and 1958.
Smallpox.—No deaths from Smallpox have been recorded
during the year, this year being the 61st since a death from this
disease occurred.
Measles.—During 1963 no deaths from measles were
recorded compared with none for the previous 2 years and one
for 1960. There were no deaths from this complaint during
the years 1959 and 1958.
Scarlet Fever.—For the 17th 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 compared with one for 1962 and a nil
return obtaining during each of the previous 8 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
25 years.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—Compared with a nil
return for the current year and for the years 1962, 1961, 1960
and 1959, there was one for 1958. one for 1957 and a nil return
for each of the years 1956 and 1955.
Diphtheria.—Again it is gratifying to report that there were
no deaths from Diphtheria during the year under review and that
it is now 17 years since one was recorded.
Tuberculosis.—There were 10 deaths from this disease
during the year, giving a death rate of 0.11 compared with 6
deaths and a rate of 0.07 for 1962. The rate for the present year
has risen to that for the average of the past 10 years, viz 0.11.
an indication that the struggle against this most refractory disease
is by no means over.
Although in Greenwich the numbers are small and therefore
liable to wide fluctuation generally they do reflect the national
trend. In 1963 the rate for England and Wales in respect of all
forms of tuberculosis was 0.06 compared with a figure of 0.08 for
London.