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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS IN RELATION TO DISEASE GROUPS.
GLASS I.—Infective Diseases.
Small Pox.—No deaths occurred from this disease.
Measles.—Of all the Zymotic Diseases Measles caused the
greatest number of deaths, 86, equal to a death rate of 0.26 per
1,000 of the population. The death rate from this disease was
highest in the Lee Division and lowest in the Sydenham and
Forest Hill Division. (See Table 17).
Scarlet Fever.—Eleven deaths were notified in the
Borough, equal to a mortality rate of 0.08 per 1,000. Lewisham
Division had the highest mortality, 0.14, and Lee 0.05. No
deaths were recorded in the Sydenham and Forest Hill Division.
The case mortality amounted to 2.5 per cent. of the persons
affected.
Diphtheria.—There were 20 fatal cases, giving a mortality
rate for the Borough of 0.15 per 1,000. Of the three Borough
Divisions, the disease was most fatal in Sydenham and Forest
Hill, and the least fatal in Lewisham, the mortality being 0.20
and 0.11 per 1,000 respectively. The case mortality was 8.0
per cent. of the actual cases.
Whooping Cough.—Only four deaths occurred from
Whooping Cough, equal to a death rate of 0.08. In the Sydenham
and Forest Hill Division the mortality rate was 0.04 per
1,000, and Lewisham 0.08 per 1,000. No deaths occurred in the
Lee Division.
Enteric Fever.—There were 9 fatal cases, equal to a death
rate of 0.07 per 1,000. The case mortality was equal to 20.9
per cent. of the persons affected.
CLASS II.—Tuberculous—Phthisis. -This disease was
responsible for 107 deaths, or 7.1 per cent. of the total 1,513
deaths from all causes. This mortality is equal to a death