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From Table V it will be seen that the total number of
deaths from infectious diseases and diarrhœa (viz. 171), is
somewhat higher than the average of the previous 10 years,
this being due to an excess of deaths from Measles and
Whooping Cough, the deaths from the other infectious
diseases being in every case (with the exception of
Diphtheria, which is slightly above the average), below the
average of the previous 10 years.
The 171 deaths from these diseases is equivalent to a
zymotic death-rate of 1.88, as against 1.86 in 1889, the
rate for London being 2.73, and that for the 28 largest
English towns 2.77. If, however, we only consider the
deaths of our Parishioners from the principal zymotic
diseases, they amount (as will be seen from Tables Va and
Vb,) to only 143, equivalent to a zymotic death-rate of only
1.6. The only towns with a lower zymotic death-rate
than this are Huddersfield, 1.19; Halifax, 1.37; and
Nottingham, 1.58.
The highest zymotic death-rates in the country are furnished
by Salford, with 3.84; Manchester, 4.01; and Preston,
4.28. These rates are much lower than the highest rates
for 1889, in which year the zymotic death-rate of Preston
was as high as 7.70.