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70
Zymotic Diseases.—This group of diseases is, of
course, from a sanitary point of view by far the most
important. In the following table a glance may be
taken at the past in reference to these diseases and our
present position noted for evil or good.
Years.
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
Small-pox
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
Measles
1
...
2
3
...
1
2
7
...
...
6
Scarlatina
21
7
...
...
...
3
6
...
3
...
8
Diphtheria
1
1
...
1
4
...
1
1
...
...
1
Whoopingcough.
1
6
1
...
9
7
...
4
8
9
3
Typboid&c.
1
...
2
...
...
...
4
3
2
4
1
Diarrhoea 7
6
5
1
6
7
5
7
10
7
10
3
& Cholera j
Totals
32
19
6
10
20
17
20
26
20
24
22
Percentage oi
Deaths from
Epidemics
to deaths
from all
causes.
21.4
13.1
4.8
6.4
11.9
13.2
13.0
13.8
11.2
13.5
13.17
It will be seen that the total number of cases (in the 7
chief epidemic diseases) has not increased from the average
of those years included in the table. It has decreased from
that of the later years with the exception of 1879. In individual
diseases Measles and Scarlatina give the largest
totals. With the exception of the severe epidemic of
1871 Scarlatina has not been so severe in any year of the
series. The most of the fatal cases occurred at Roehampton,
where the epidemic was almost alarming, the
school having to be closed for some weeks in consequence
of its prevalence among the pupils. It was