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ZYMOTIC DEATH RATE.
The zymotic death rate is calculated upon the number of
deaths occurring at all ages from the principal infectious
diseases, viz.:— Small-Pox, Measles, Diphtheria, Scarlet, Typhus
and Typhoid Fevers, Whooping Cough, Dysentery, Epidemic
Diarrhoea and Epidemic Enteritis.
During the year under review the deaths from zymotic
diseases amounted to 187, compared with 85 deaths in 1910.
This increase is accounted for by the fact that 115 deaths were
certified to be due to Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis, an
unfortunate result of the extraordinarily hot and dry weather
experienced in the summer months.
The zymotic death rate for the Borough was 1.16 per
1,000. In 1901, in which year 103 deaths from Epidemic
Diarrhoea occurred, the zymotic rate was 1.62 per 1,000.
The rate for the County of London was 2.17 and for the
77 Great Towns, 2.29 per 1,000.
It will be seen from Table 6 that the great majority of
the deaths from zymotic diseases were of children under one
year of age.