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In the individual parishes this rate was nil in Sanderstead
54 in Coulsdon, 62 in Woodmansterne, 71 in Addington, 78 in
Morden, 87 in Merton, 103 in Mitcham, and 140 both in
Beddington and Wallington.
The deaths of children wider 5 years of age numbered 121,
or 35 per cent, of the deaths at all ages, and those of persons
of 65 years of age and upwards numbered 92, or 26 per cent, of
the total deaths.
Causes of Death.
The deaths registered in 1897 included 28 from diarrhoea,
9 from whooping-cough, 5 from measles, 5 from scarlet-fever,
4 from diphtheria, and three from " fever " (typhoid). Thus
54 deaths were attributed to these zymotic diseases, corresponding
to a zymotic death-rate of 1.8o per 1,000, as compared
with 2.01 in 1896, an annual average of 1.72 during the years
1887 to 1896, and 2.15 in England and Wales in 1897.
In the individual parishes, this rate was nil in Addington,
Sanderstead, and Woodmansterne, 0.54 in Merton, 0.66 in
Wallington, 1.15 in Coulsdon, 1.18 in Morden, 2.0 in Beddington,
and 3.05 in Mitcham.
The mortality from the various diseases mentioned was
below or equal to the annual average, except that from
diarrhoea, which was much higher—in fact, nearly double the
average. Of the 28 deaths from this disease, 22 were among
infants under one year of age, and as many as 20 occurred in
the parish of Mitcham, representing a death-rate of 1.5 from
this disease alone for that parish, which is very high. The
corresponding death-rate from this malady in England and
Wales was o.86, and in the 33 large towns 1.24 per 1,000.
The deaths from phthisis or pulmonary consumption numbered
33, representing a death-rate of 1.1 per 1,000, as compared with
0.92 in 1896.