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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
The deaths at all ages from diarrhoea and enteritis in the administrative County of London
during 1911 (52 weeks) numbered 6,162. Of these 4,408 occurred during the first year of life, and
905 in the second year. In each quarter the deaths numbered 298, 316, 4,826 and 722 respectively.
In diagram V the death-rate from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of
age in each year since 1861 is shown in relation to the mean death-rate for the period 1862-1911.
Table: The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1911 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age (calculated upon the population at all ages) was lower than the death-rate of any of the undermentioned large English towns, except Sheffield, Bristol, Bradford, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Leicester.
The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1911 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age (calculated upon the population at all ages) was lower than the death-rate of any of the undermentioned large English towns, except Sheffield, Bristol, Bradford, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Leicester.
Table: The deaths and death-rates from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age for the year 1911 in each of the sanitary districts of London, are shown in the following table :—
The deaths and death-rates from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age for the year 1911 in each of the sanitary districts of London, are shown in the following table :—
Diarrhoea
deaths in
London
boroughs.
It will be seen from the foregoing table that the death-rate from diarrhœa and enteritis per
1,000 living of all ages, in 1911, was highest in Shoreditch (2.00) and Poplar (1.95) and lowest in Hampstead
(0.26). The death-rates in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1911 were as follows :
first quarter, 0.19 ; second quarter, 0.19 ; third quarter, 3.82 ; and fourth quarter, 0.52.
(a) See footnote (c) page 2.
