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Deaths and Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases.
387 deaths were due to the seven principal Zymotic diseases,
viz.:—
TABLE XXII
Small-pox
3
Measles
37
Scarlet Fever
20
Whooping Cough
76
Diphtheria
48
Enteric and Continued Fevers
22
Diarrhœa
181
387
These deaths correspond to a death-rate per 1,000 living of
2.81, the corresponding rate of the County of London being
2.22; of the three adjoining boroughs, that of Kensington was
1.83, of Chelsea, 131, and of Hammersmith, 2.86. In the
various boroughs of the Metropolis the rates ranged from 1.02
in Hampstead, 1.06 in the City of London, and 1.28 in Stoke
Newington, to 2 99 in Shoreditch, 3'02 in Southwark, and 3.04
in Poplar. In the 32 large towns the Zymotic death-rate was
2.97, the lowest rates being those of Huddersfield, 1.38; Halifax,
1.40, and Croydon, 1.52; and the highest those of West Ham
and Gateshead, 4.11, and Salford, 4.25.
During the past 10 years the deaths and death-rates from
the seven principal Zymotic diseases have been as under:—
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