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9
THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths referred to the orders Miasmatic and Diarrhœal
(exclusive of Influenza), were 422 against 509 last year. This is
a decrease of 87. The Decennial average of Zymotic deaths for
the ten years 1881 to 1890 was 518.9 (see table V.) The death
rate from Zymotic diseases was 3.26 against 3.94 last year, whilst
the corresponding rates for London were 2.73 in 1890 and 2.28
in 1891.
TABLE D.
1891
1890
Small Pox
..
..
Measles
100
106
Scarlet Fever
29
31
Diphtheria
69
133
Whooping Cough
128
113
Typhus Fever
0
0
Enteric Fever
18
28
Simple Fever
1
1
Diarrhoea
76
92
Cholera
1
2
Total
422
509
Of the total deaths from all causes, nearly thirteen per cent. were
referred to the diseases in the above table, but the only Zymotic
disease showing any increase over the preceding year was Whooping
Cough.
In the following table are shewn the per centage of each, as
compared with the total number of Zymotic deaths.