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Death rate for 1898 14.0 per 1000, as compared
with 12.2 per 1000 in 1897.
The death rate for England and Wales in 1898 was
17.3 per 1,000, which is lower than the rate in any previous
year, except 1894, 1896, and 1897, and shows a decrease of
0.8 per 1,000 on the average of the ten years, 1888-1897.
Zymotic Disease.
The number of deaths from the 7 principal Zymotic
Diseases was 302, as compared with 218 in the previous year.
Scarlet Fever 9 deaths, as compared with 9 deaths in
1897.
Diphtheria 29 „ „ 43 „
Small-pox 1 ,, „ 0 „
Typhoid 6 „ „ 10 „
Measles 44 „ „ 21 „
Whooping Cough 35 „ „ 29 „
Diarrhœa 178 „ „ 106 „
Scarlet Fever.
There were 224 notifications of this disease received
during 1898, as compared with 355 notifications in 1897.
70 of these cases were removed to hospital. The cases were
distributed as follows:—
Lewisham 96 notifications.
Sydenham 77 „
Penge 18 ,,
Blackheath18 „
Park Hospital (nurses or wardmaids) 5 „
North Surrey District Schools 6 „
Lewisham Infirmary 14 „
Diphtheria.
There wore 313 notifications of this disease, in 1898,
with 29 deaths, as compared with 240 notifications and 43