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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, Scarlet,
Typhus and Typhoid Fevers, Whooping Cough and Epidemic
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
The Zymotic death rate is also a valuable test of the
sanitary condition of a district, and in this respect Lewisham
maintains a high position compared with other districts.
The Zymotic death rate for the Borough amounted to
0.82 per 1,000 persons, compared with 1.75 for the County of
London, 1.46 England and Wales, and 1.89 for the 76 Great
Towns. Of the ten South Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
possesses the lowest rate, and of the remaining Boroughs only
Hampstead, with 0.58, has a lower rate. (See Table 12).
Of the total 112 deaths from the principal infectious
diseases, Measles accounted for 36, Scarlet Fever 11, Whooping
Cough 4, Diphtheria 20, Enteric Fever 9, and Epidemic
Diarrhœa and Enteritis 32. (See Table 11).
The death rates from the above diseases for the whole
Borough, the County of London, and the 76 Great Towns, have
been calculated and are set out in Table 17. The highest rates
in the Borough were due to Measles and Epidemic Diarrhoea.
In the three Divisions of the Borough the Zymotic death
rates were Lee 1.3 (the highest,) Lewisham 0.9, and Sydenham
and Forest Hill 0.5. (See Table 17).
The relation of age periods to mortality from the Zymotic
diseases will be found in Table 18. Of the total 112 deaths,
77 per cent. were among children under 5 years of age. For the
distribution of Zymotic deaths in Ward localities see Table 16.