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During the year 10 deaths arose from diseases of an infectious
character, viz : 5 from Measles, 3 from Scarlatina,
and 2 from Whooping-cough, giving a zymotic death-rate of
1.58 per 1000 per annum. The corresponding rate for last
year was 0 32. Four of the 5 deaths from Measles occurred
at Egremont, and one at Bigrigg. The 3 deaths from Scarlatina
and the 2 from Whooping-cough also occurred at
Egremont.
Under Table III., " Cases of Infectious Diseases notified
during the year " 54 such cases have been notified. Of these
45 were Scarlatina, 7 Erysipelas, one Croup, and one Diphtheria
Of the 45 cases of Scarlatina 43 occurred at
Egremont, and 2 at Moor row and Scalegill. Four of the
ca°es of Erysipelas occurred at Egremont, one at Moor Row
and Scalegill, and 2 at Bigrigg. The case of Croup occurred
at Egremont, and the case of Diphtheria at Bigrigg. Besides
these figures there are the 154 cases of Measles in my own
practice, which means actually between 3 and 4 hundred
cases but which were not notified. Of my own cases 139
occurred at Egremont and 15 at Bigrigg.
From these figures it will be seen that the town of Egremont
has suffered most severely from the epidemics during
the year.
I now proceed to give the vital statistics of the various
localities into which the district is divided.
EGREMONT.
Of the 112 deaths 80 occurred in the town of Egremont,
giving to this place a death-rate of 19.04 per 1000 per annum.
Last year the coriespondiug death-rate was 14.0.
Of the 80 deaths 25 occurred in children under 1 year,
13 in children 1 and under 5 years, 5 between 5 and 15
years, 5 between 15 and 25 years, 18 between 25 and 65
years, and 14 at 65 years and upwards.