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1875 1874
Scarlatina 55 50
Diarrhœa 44 37
Whooping Cough 42 23
Fevers 16 17
Croup 13 9
Measles 9 12
Erysipelas 7 3
Diphtheria 6 3
Diseases of Childbirth 4 14
Small Pox 0 3
196 171
Twenty-three per cent. of the total number of deaths
were registered as occurring from Zymotic Disease, and the
Zymotic death-rate was 4.6 per thousand, which is about
the same as that for London generally, and lower than last
year, when the Zymotic mortality was above 24 per cent. of
the gross number registered in this division of the parish.
Scarlatina is again the prime factor of Zymotic deaths,
55 fatal cases were recorded in 1875 against 50 in 1874.
Diarrhoea contributed 44 in 1875, against 37 in 1874;
Whooping cough, 42 against 23 (this latter disease having
been unsually fatal over the whole country); Fevers, 16 to 17;
Croup, 13 to 9; Measles, 9 to 12; Erysipelas, 7 to 3; Diphtheria,
6 to 3; and Diseases of Childbirth, 4 as against 14
in the former year. The increase in the total of these diseases
is not more than is equivalent to the increased population.
No case of death from Small-Pox has occurred in
the sub-district during the year, as against 3 last year.
This is doubtless due to the stringency with which the
vaccination laws are enforced by the Vaccination Officer, Mr.
Payne, who is very energetic in carrying out the provisions
of the Compulsory Vaccination Act.