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The number of deaths that were registered
as having occurred during the year within the
District was 119, giving a death rate of 10 per
t,ooo. But 17 deaths of Residents occurred in
Public Institutions: viz., the Barnet Workhouse,
Victoria Cottage Hospital, and County Lunatic
Asylum, so that the total number of deaths
credited to the District was 136, and the corrected
death rate 11.5 per 1,000.
The Infant mortality was slightly lower than
in the previous year. The summer was cool and
wet. Epidemic Diarrhoea was not very prevalent,
only three deaths being caused by this disease.
Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases
caused 18 deaths, or 9 more than in the previous
year.
Measles were rather prevalent at Hadley
during the month of May, and necessitated the
closing of the Infant School for a fortnight, just
before the Whitsuntide holidays.
Infectious Diseases.—96 cases of infectious
diseases were notified in the year :
Small Pox 0
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 11
Scarlet Fever 38
Erysipelas 5
Enteric Fever 1
Chicken Pox 41