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DIPHTHERIA.
The deaths from this disease have still fallen during the year 1901,
the number being 53 as against 108 for 1900.
The total number of cases notified, including Membranous Croup,
was 558 as against 784 in 1900.
The annual mortality was .25 per 1,000 living.
Deaths from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup during the last ten
years:—
1892 70
1893 155
1894 130
1895 82
1896 129
1897 105
1898 123
1899 184
1900 108
1901 53
Of the 558 cases notified, 484 were removed to hospital with 42
deaths, a mortality of 8.6. 74 cases were treated at home, with 11 deaths,
a mortality of 14.8 per cent. The percentage of cases removed to
hospital was 86.7.
In regard to Diphtheria, not only has there been a diminution in the
number of cases occurring in the Borough during the year under consideration,
but the case mortality, both in those treated in hospital and
those at home, has been very remarkable.
In those treated at hospital, the lessened mortality has been as much
as 40 per cent., and the same decrease has been noticed in those remaining
at home. Either this has been due to a change in the type of the disease,
or to the better treatment afforded to all cases at the present time.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths from this disease during the year were 98, as against 120
for the year 1900.
This is a large diminution in the number of deaths when the average
for the last ten years is taken into consideration:—
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .47.
Deaths from Whooning Cough during the last ten years:—
1892 151
1893 203
1894 111
1895 122
1896 140
1897 126
1898 93
1899 146
1900 120
1901 98