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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS AT ALL AGES IN RELATION TO
DISEASE GROUPS.
GLASS I.—Infective Diseases (148)
Small-Pox.—No deaths occurred from this disease.
Measles.—Measles was recorded as the cause of 17 deaths,
equal to a death rate of 0.11 per 1,000 of the population.
This disease was less fatal compared with 1905 and 1906,
when the death-rates amounted to 0.28 and 0.14 per 1,000
respectively. It is not a notifiable disease, consequently the
case mortality cannot be obtained, but school notifications show
that the disease was more prevalent last year than in 1906 (see
page 72).
Scarlet Fever.—Twelve deaths were notified in the
Borough, equal to a mortality rate of 0.08 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with 0.09 in 1906. The actual number of
cases notified amounted to 584, compared with 543 in 1906.
From this it will be seen that during the year under review,
more cases of scarlet fever existed. On considering the case
mortality it is found that of the 584 recorded cases 2.05 per
cent. proved fatal, compared with 2.57 per cent. in 1906.
Diphtheria.—There were 17 deaths from diphtheria,
giving a mortality rate for the Borough of 0.11 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with 0.14 in 1906. The number of
notifications amounted to 287, compared with 260 during 1906.
Notwithstanding this fact the case mortality was only 5.98 per
cent, of the actual cases, compared with 8.6 per cent. in 1906.
Whooping Cough.—Fifty deaths were attributed to
Whooping Cough, the most fatal zymotic disease during last year.
The death-rate equalled 0.33 per 1,000, compared with 0.18 in
1906. Forty-eight of these deaths occurred among children
under five years of age.