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Death-rate in 1911 per 1,000 was 1.72
Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to
epidemic diarrhœa, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic
enteritis, summer diarrhœa, dysentery and dysenteric diarrhœa,
choleraic diarrhœa, cholera (other than Asiatic or epidemic) and
cholera nostras.
Under the heading of “ Enteritis ” are included deaths registered
as due to enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis, gastric catarrh, and
gastro-intestinal catarrh. Gastritis is a separate disease.
These diseases were the cause of 40 deaths during 1919 Of this
number 28 were of children under one year of age, 33 of the 40 being
under two years of age.
The death rate was 0.36 per 1,000 at all ages, and 0.33 for infants
under two years of age.
It is usual now to consider the infantile mortality in this case as
being for all children under two years of age.

The number of cases of Measles dealt with during the year was
1,439, as compared with 550 for the previous year with 12 deaths.
The same procedure is adopted in the case of Measles with regard
to disinfection, as it is notifiable.

The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.01, for the 96
great towns 0.01, for the 148 smaller towns 0.01, and for the Metropolis
as a whole 0.08