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118
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Measles.
This disease was not nearly so prevalent during
the year, and only four deaths occurred, compared with 58
in 1896. The number of deaths is also 28.2 below the
decennial average corrected for increase of population.
The death-rate per 1,000 from Measles was .06 compared
with .43 in the Metropolis.
Whooping
Cough.
Only 12 deaths were registered from this,
compared with 53 in 1896, and with 31, which
is the decennial average. All the deaths were of children
under five years. Four deaths also occurred in external
institutions.
The death-rate per 1,000 was .27 in this parish, while
for the Metropolis the rate was .41.
Diarrhœa.
48 deaths were registered as occurring from
this, four above last year and 7.7 above the decennial
average. One death occurred in an external institution.
Of the total deaths from this disease, 40 were of children
under one year, five under five years, while only three
persons above five years of age died during the year.
The rate per 1,000 was .85 compared with .9 in 1896.
In the Metropolis the rate was .91 compared with .72 in
1896.
Influenza.
18 deaths were caused by this during the
year, one of the deaths occurring in the Royal Hospital
for Incurables, and 1 in St. Peter's Hospital. 2 deaths
also occurred in outside institutions, making a corrected
total of 18. Last year only 7 deaths occurred from this,
while in 1895 the number was 39.
The following are the death-rates per 1,000 of the
population from zymotic diseases, inclusive of deaths