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been calculated and are set out in Table 17. The highest rates
in the Borough were due to Measles and Epidemic Diarrhœa.
In the three Divisions of the Borough the Zymotic death
rates were Lee 0.46, Lewisham 0.84 and Sydenham and Forest
Hill 0.98. (See Table 17).
ANALYSIS OF DEATHS AT ALL AGES IN RELATION TO
DISEASE GROUPS
CLASS I.—All Infective Diseases (152).
Small-Pox.—Four deaths occurred from this disease.
Measles.—Measles was the most fatal zymotic disease,
being the cause of 41 deaths, equal to a death rate of 0.28 per
1,000 of the population. The prevalence of this disease was
again most marked in the Sydenham and Forest Hill. (See
Table 17).
Scarlet Fever.—Five deaths were notified in the Borough,
equal to a mortality rate of 0.03 per 1,000. Lee Division had
the highest mortality, 0.05, the rates for Lewisham and
Sydenham and Forest Hill Divisions being 0.03 and 0.04
respectively. The case mortality amounted to 0.9 per cent.
of the persons affected.
Diphtheria.—There were 8 fatal cases, giving a mortality
rate for the Borough of 0.06 per 1,000. Of the three
Divisions the greatest mortality occurred in Sydenham and
Forest Hill, the mortality being 0.07. The case mortality was
5.6 per cent. of the actual cases.
Whooping Cough.—Twenty-four deaths occurred from
Whooping Cough, equal to a death rate of 0.17. Most of these
deaths took place in the second quarter of the year.