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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS IN DISEASE GROUPS.
Infective Diseases.—-209 deaths.
Enteric Fever.—Only four fatal cases of this disease
occurred.
Measles was certified to be the cause of 19 deaths, compared
with 12 in 1910.
Scarlet Fever.—Five deaths from this disease occurred,
and 12 in 1910.
Whooping Cough was the cause of 17 deaths, 16 of the
victims being under five years of age, and 10 under two years.
In 1910, 26 deaths were due to this disease.
Diphtheria was the cause of 27 deaths, eight more than
last year.
Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis.—The number of deaths
due to these diseases was 115, and of these, 108 were under the
age of two years.
Tuberculous Diseases.—140 deaths.
Phthisis or Pulmonary Tuberculosis, was the cause of 104
deaths, or 14 more than in 1910. Seventy-one of the victims
were under 45 years of age.
This mortality is equal to a death rate of 0.64 per 1,000.
In 1901, 120 deaths from Phthisis were recorded, and the death
rate was 0.93 per 1,000, showing that in ten years the death rate
from this disease has decreased by over 30 per cent.
In the County of London, 6,034 deaths occurred from
Phthisis, equal to a death rate of 1.35 per 1,000.
Malignant Diseases.—171 deaths.