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16
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The total number of deaths from these Zymotic
diseases was 471, 78 less than last year and 88 under the
corrected decennial average. The number of deaths
from Diphtheria was lower than it has been for the last
three years, and 32.4 under the corrected decennial
average, Whooping Cough also shows a marked decrease,
while there is a slight decrease in Scarlet Fever and
Measles. Enteric Fever is 5.2 above the average and
Diarrhoea 16.4.
The death-rate per 1,000 from the above Zymotic
diseases was 2.12 per 1,000, compared with 2.6 in 1899,
and 2.94 in 1898.
Excluding the deaths from Influenza this death-rate
was 1.77 per 1,000, while for the Metropolis the same
rate was 2.19.
If Enteritis be included the corrected number of
deaths was 468, and the death-rate 2.12 per 1,000.
The next Table shows the death-rate for the last 10
years, as well as that for each of the sub-districts.
Tooting showed the highest death-rate, viz. 3.7,
and Putney the lowest, viz. 1.6 per 1,000.