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from all causes being 13.3 and 12.2 per 1,000 respectively. The
lowest death-rate was 10.5 for the second quarter.
Chart A shows deaths from all causes recorded weekly
and the seasonal effect with regard to Infantile Diarrhoea and
diseases of the Respiratory Group.
Table 11 shows the total deaths in 12 classes registered in
each quarter, from which it will be seen that deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs, were the highest during
the first and fourth quarters of the year and infective diseases
during the third quarter.
ZYMOTIC DEATH RATE.
The Zymotic death rate is calculated upon the total
deaths occurring at all ages from the principal infectious diseases,
viz.:—Small-Pox, Measles, Diphtheria, Scarlet, Typhus
and Typhoid Fevers, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea and
Epidemic Enteritis.
For the year under review, the zymotic death rate for
Lewisham amounted to 1.31 per 1,000 persons, showing an
increase of 0.48 over that of the previous year. The rate, however,
compares favourably with the rates 1.92 for the County of
London, 2.24 for the 76 Great Towns, and 1.73 for England and
Wales during the same period. These rates also show increases
of 0.22, 0.36, and 0.21 per 1,000 respectively over the rates for
1905. Summer Diarrhoea was chiefly responsible for the
heavier zymotic death rates throughout England and Wales as
well as in Lewisham.
Lewisham possesses the lowest zymotic rate of the 10
South Metropolitan Boroughs.
Of the total 194 deaths in Lewisham from the principal
infectious diseases, Measles accounted for 21, Scarlet Fever 14,