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Zymotic Mortality.—This includes the deaths from the
seven principal Zymotic diseases, viz.:—Smallpox, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Measles, Whooping Cough, and
Diarrhosa. The rate affords useful evidence as to the general
healthiness of the District, and as to the efficiency of its sanitary
administration. There were 12 deaths from these diseases, as
follows:—Diphtheria, 2; Scarlet Fever, 1; Enteric Fever, 1;
Whooping Cough, 5; and Diarrhosa, 3. The Zymotic death-rate
was therefore 0.32 per 1,000 of the population, as against .27 in
the preceding year, .82 in 1911, and .34; in 1910.
The average rate for the 10 years, 1903 to 1912, was .74.
The rate for North Southgate was .55, and that for South
Southgate .22.
The Public Mortuary.—During the year 11 bodies were
deposited in the Mortuary, as against 13 in the preceding year
and 18 in 1911.