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cluded (see mortality table) 20 as due to the above·named
maladies, viz., to Diphtheria 4, Whooping Cough 9, and
Diarrhoea 7. It should be stated, however, that the 7 deaths
due to Diarrhoea, occurred to infants under 5 years of age,
and were the result, it has been ascertained, of irritation of
the bowels consequent on either difficult dentition or
improper feeding. Some of these Diarrhoea cases occurred
to the infants of wet·nurses; thus, many women are found
who, whilst succouring the offspring of others, are deplorably
neglectful of their own.
It is satisfactory to find that under the twelve headings
relating to Zymotic maladies, many were without any record
of deaths whatever during the year.
Of 135 registration districts into which the Registrar·
General has divided London for statistical purposes, there
are but two or three presenting so satisfactory a state of
things. Dulwich and Eltham are amongst the favoured
districts referred to, but these, it should be observed, do not
contain one half the population of Putney.

As in all former years, the detailed mortality table
annexed will give every necessary particular concerning
the deaths from all causes, and distinguishing the sex, age,
and social positions of the deceased persons.