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Membranous Croup.—The corrected number of deaths
was 2. Six cases were notified, 5 from Limehouse and 1 from
Shadwell.
Whooping Cough.—The corrected number of deaths was
52, the annual average number for the last ten years being 50.9.
Typhus.—No case was reported during the year.
Enteric Fever.—The corrected number of deaths was 3,
the annual average number for the last ten years being 10.4.
Thirty cases were notified, of which 12 were removed to Hospital.
Nineteen occurred in Limehouse, 8 in Ratcliff, and 3 in Shadwell
and Wapping. Of the seizures 10 per cent, terminated fatally.
Diarrhæa.—The corrected number of deaths was 40, the
annual average for the last ten years being 47.6.
The deaths from Zymotic diseases numbered 201, and
correspond to a death rate of 3.4 per 1,000 of the population.
Such deaths include Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Membranous Croup, Whooping Cough, Typhus, Puerperal,
Enteric, and simple continued Fevers and Diarrhoea.
The deaths from Pulmonary diseases numbered 251, and
correspond to a death rate of 4.4 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths from the principal Tubercular diseases numbered
167, and correspond to a death rate of 2.8 per 1,000 population.
During the year 764 notifications were received, of which
7 referred to Small Pox, 345 to Scarlatina, 265 to Diphtheria,
6 to Membranous Croup, 30 to Enteric Fever, 1 to Continued
Fever, 4 to Puerperal Fever, and 106 to Erysipelas. Of these,
all the persons suffering from Small Pox, 229 from Scarlatina,
157 from Diphtheria, 12 from Enteric Fever, 1 from Continued
Fever, 1 from Puerperal Fever, and 15 from Erysipelas, were
removed to Hospital.
For detailed information as regards ages, localities affected,
etc., I beg to refer you to the Tables at the end of this Report.