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DEATH RATE.
12.2, against the 11.2 of 1905, a figure which is subject to
the estimates of our population above mentioned.
MONTHLY SUMMARY.
I should like to summarise here the health of the District
month by month, together with the state of the weather and
its bearing thereon.
January:—Wet and trying weather. Rain fell on 14 days.
Total, 3.83 inches. Variable temperature. Elderly
persons chief sufferers. Diphtheria increased (14 cases)
during the wet. Death Rate 14.4. Zymotic Death Rate
1.5. Measles in Capworth Street and Lea Bridge
Schools.
February:—Wet and sunless weather. Mild temperature.
Rain fell on 18 days. Fall 1.67 inches. Severe
outbreak Measles and Mumps at Cobbold Road Schools.
Both diseases attacked High Road Schools, and present
in all Schools more or less. Eleven cases Diphtheria,,
3 deaths. Death Rate 9.9. Zymotic Death Rate .7.
March:—Persistent E.N.E. winds. Early days springlike,
followed by wintry weather, snow and hail. Rain fell
on 15 days. Fall .75 inch. Towards end of month
Measles and Mumps subsiding in Council Schools.
Diphtheria 11 cases, 3 deaths. Death Rate 14.4. Zymotic
Death Rate 1.8.
April:—Exceptionally bright sunny weather, occasional cold
rain, hail and snow showers. Rain fell on 9 days. Fall
.81 inch, one-third of which fell on April 30th. Death
Rate 12.3. Zymotic 2.1.
May:—Cold weather, E.N.E. winds greater part of month.
First half fine, latter half unsettled and dull. Rain fell