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Zymotic Disease :—
Deaths.
Cases Notified.
Diarrhœa
52
–
Measles
8
–
Diphtheria and Croup
7
74
Fever
3
34
Whooping Cough
0
0
Scarlet Fever
0
69
Smallpox
0
0
Erysipelas
1
21
Annual Rate Per 1,000 persons, 1898,3.55; 1897, 6.8.
Pauperism during the year 1898. —For the half-year ending
September 29th, 1898, there has been 243 persons receiving
in-door, and 243 receiving out-door relief, or 24 per 1,000 of
estimated population.
Marriage Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population.—
1898. 1897.
Barking 6.75 —
England & Wales — 16
That for 1898 is not yet available
Note.—This being the first time this return has been made out. I
have no comparative figures to give.
Rainfall for the Year, 16.08 inches; 1897, 21.53 inches.
HOSPITAL REPORT.
The following cases have been treated in the Upney Hospital
during the past year —
Cases.
Scarlet Fever 46
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 43
Enteric Fever 21
Typhus „ 1
111
Cases from outside the district 25
Giving a total of 136
Average time each patient was under treatment 5 weeks 2 days.
Number of deaths, 7, which is equal to a death rate of 5 per cent. of
cases admitted.