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ZYMOTIC DISEASES
The term 'Zymotic' was at one time applied to a considerable
number of diseases which were "epidemic, endemic and contagious", Now,
however, it is considered relevant to such diseases as cholera, diarrhoea,
diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, typhoid and typhus fevers.
In 1951 the Zymotic Death Rate in Chelsea was 0.09 per ls000 of the
population: the corresponding figure in 1900 was 2.26. It is far more
significant to translate these rates into actual figures as will be
appreciated from the fact that whilst in 1951 five deaths were attributed
to Zymotic Diseases, a total of two hundred and ninteen occurred in 1900.
The numbers of deaths at other periods during the last half-century
are as follows
190 5 98
1910 66
1915 76
1920 41
1925 29
1930 22
1935 17
1940 1
1945 6
1950 3
TUBERCULOSIS
90 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified during the year.
These were made up of 59 primary notifications, 27 "inward transfers",
and 4 from death returns. There were also 7 non-pulmonary cases, of
which 4 were primary notifications, 2 "inward transfers", and 1 death
return,, The accompanying tables present details of cases at present
on the Tuberculosis Register.