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Lower Ward:- The General Death Rate was 12.6 per
1,000 of the population, and the Infant Mortality Rate 100.1
per 1,000 births. In order of frequency, deaths resulted from
the following causes:- Respiratory Diseases 67; Phthisis
and other Tuberculous Diseases 60; Heart Disease 35;
Malignant Disease 27; Gastro-Intestinal Affections 24;
Infectious Diseases 16; Congenital Debility and Malformations
12; Violent Deaths 8; Kidney Diseases 6;
Meningitis 2; Diseases of Parturition 1; Other diseases
(not otherwise classified) 75.
The Lower Ward had the highest number of cases of
Scarlet Fever viz:—126, out of a total of 585, but, with
West Green, suffered less from Diphtheria than any other
part of the district, 24 cases only occurring in the Ward out
of 258.
St. Ann's Ward :—The Death Rate from all causes was
13.6 per 1,000 of the population, and the Infant Mortality Rate
126.5 per 1,000 births. Deaths resulted from the following
causes:—Respiratory Diseases 84; Phthisis and other
Tuberculous Diseases 42; Heart Disease 35; Gastrointestinal
Affections 28; Congenital Debility and Malformations
24; Infectious Diseases 21; Malignant Disease 15;
Violent Deaths 11; Kidney Diseases 10; Diseases of
Parturition 2; Rheumatic Fever 1; Meningitis 1; Other
defined diseases (not otherwise classified) 101.
St. Ann's suffered less than any other Ward from
Scarlet Fever, 57 cases out of a total of 585 being notified
from that Ward.