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There were 16 deaths from these diseases as follows :—Scarlet
Fever 1, Diphtheria 5, Whooping Cough 4, and Diarrhoea 6.
The Zymotic death-rate was therefore 1 per 1,000 of the population
as against 2.7 in 1899 and 1.9 in 1898.
The average rate for the previous 10 years was 2.
The Zymotic death-rate for England and Wales last year was 1.0.
The Causes of Death are fully set forth ill Table I, (i) for the
whole District at different age periods, and (ii) for each of the four
localities.
Table Ia shows the deaths during each quarter of the year.
It will be noted that the five deaths from Diphtheria occurred in
Southgate. Four of these took place in January and marked the end of
the epidemic of Diphtheria which broke out in Southgate in the previous
year.
Of the four deaths from Whooping Cough it will also be seen that
three occurred at Southgate, where this disease was more or less
prevalent during the year.
Apart from these, there was no marked incidence of any particular
disease upon any one locality.
The Causes of Infantile Mortality are shown in Table In. Apart
from the fact that the general mortality was low, it is gratifying to note
that whereas Diarrhœa is usually one of the chief causes of death in
infants under one year of age, last year there were only four deaths from
this cause.
In Table II some vital statistics of the District for the past year are
given along with the corresponding rates for the country as a whole.
It will be noticed that the comparison is in every case favourable to this
District. In Table III are set down the principal vital statistics of the
District for the past 10 years.
The Public Mortuary. -During the year 17 bodies were deposited
in the Mortuary as against 12 in the preceding year. Six of these were
of persons not resident in the District. Eleven post mortem examinations
were made.
The Mortuary has now been in use for two years, and these figures
show how much need there was for one in the District.