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The zymotic death-rate was equal to 1 per 1000 of the
estimated population, compared with 1.0r 1000 of the
preceding year. That for London was 2.58 per 1000.
Notifications.
The notifications of infectious disease received during
1897 were 156 compared with 141 in 1896. They are shown
under the different headings in Table B, and also the districts
in which they occurred are explained there. Of this total
number there were 87 under treatment in the Isolation
Hospital during the year, compared with 56 in 1896. It is
satisfactory to learn that of this considerable number only
two proved fatal, one case of diphtheria and one of enteric
fever.
Births.
During the period under review the births numbered
589 (males 286, females 303). This is 62 less than in 1896
when the births exceeded in number any former year. The
birth-rate, therefore, was 17.8 per 1000 or 1 in 56 of the
estimated population.
Infant Mortality.
The infantile mortality (i.e., the number of deaths of
children under one year of age) comprised 63 deaths, and 90
under 5 years. This gives a rate of 106.9 per 1000 births
registered; in London the rate equalled 159 per iooo.
Old Age.
Of old persons 98 died, aged 65 years and upwards,
including 19 over 80 years of age, and five over 90.
Youthful Mortality.
Before leaving the subject of statistics it is interesting
to relate that between 5 and 25 years of age only 24 deaths
were registered in the whole district, and these are again
sub-divided into 8 only between 5 and 15 years of age, and
16 between 15 and 25.
Injuries.
Thirteen deaths were attributed to injury during the
year, and some of these, with others due to natural causes,
necessitated the holding of inquests in ten cases.