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Zygotic Death Rate.
Chief Epidemic Diseases.—By the Zymotic death rate is
meant the number of deaths per thousand of the population
due to the seven chief epidemic diseases, viz.: —
Notifiable
(1) Small-pox
(2) Scarlet Fever
(3) Diphtheria
(4) Fevers—Typhus, Enteric, Continued.
(5) Measles
Non-Notifiable (6) Whooping Cough
(7) Diarrhoea.
The number of deaths due to the seven principal
"Zymotic diseases" was 29, as compared with 9 for the
previous year. This gives a Zymotic death rate of 0.80 per
thousand, as compared with 0 20 for 1912, 1.25 for 1911, and
0.24 for 1910.
Scarlet Fever.
No deaths.
Diphtheria.
One death, between five and under fifteen years.
Enteric Fever.
No deaths.
Measles.
This disease was very prevalent during the early part of
the year.
Eighteen deaths were recorded :—
3 were under 1 year of age; 9, 1 and under 2 years ; 4, 2
and under 5 years ; 2, 5 and under 15 years.
During the past 10 years, there have been six times as
many deaths from measles as from scarlet fever in the Borough
of Richmond,
Whooping Cough.
One death was due to this disease, as compared with 3 for
the year 1912.
Diarrhcea.
Nine deaths were notified, as compared with three for the
year 1912. Seven deaths were under one year of age.