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From Table V. it will be seen that the total number of
deaths from the principal infectious diseases and diarrhoea
was only 133, the smallest number yet recorded in any
year, and 28.5 less than the average annual number
recorded during the preceding 10 years.
These 133 deaths are equal to a zymotic death-rate of
only 1.48 per thousand per annum, as against 2'53 for
London generally, and 2.41 for the 28 largest English
Towns; all these numbers showing a considerable reduction
on the rates for 1887.
Of the 28 largest English Towns the following recorded
lower zymotic death-rates than this parish:—Hull 1.15;
Halifax 1.18; Bristol 1.28; Sunderland 1.34; Brighton 1.35;
and Newcastle 1.45; and the highest were Cardiff 2.97 ;
Preston 3.06; Manchester 3.14; Salford 3.53; Sheffield 3.59 ;
and Blackburn 4.13.
Taking these diseases separately in the order in which
they are placed in Table V. we find that:—
Small Pox caused no deaths in the Parish, and no deaths
of our Parishioners in Public Institutions outside of the
Parish.
Measles caused only 12 deaths, as against 30 in 1887, and
an average of 23.6 during the previous 10 years.
Scarlet Fever caused only 8 deaths (one of which was
that of a non-parishioner at St. George's Hospital from
kidney disease after scarlet fever), as against 16 in 1887, and
an average of 16.2 per annum during the preceding 10
years. There were also 8 more deaths of our parishioners
from this disease in public institutions outside the Parish,