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20 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .19 per 1,000 of the
population.
14 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .25 per 1,000
of the population.
65 of the deaths—or nearly 88 per cent.—were those of infants under 1
year of age.
I beg to call your attention to the following facts in connection with
Diarrhoea which I mentioned in my previous report. The first is the small
number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age from this disease as compared
with the years previous to 1917. The second is the small proportion of deaths
from diarrhoea from the beginning of July to the end of November. Fortytwo
per cent. of the deaths certified as Epidemic Diarrhoea of infants did not
occur during the period usually associated with this disease. Nearly 30 per
cent. occurred during the four coldest months of the year—January, February,
March and December.

Measles.
The number of deaths from Measles was 63, or 1 more than in the previous
year.
21 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .39 per 1,000 of
the population.