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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tottenham 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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57
DIARRHŒA.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis caused 64 deaths in children
under 1 year, 18 in children in their second year, and 1 in a
child over 2 years of age, or 83 in all.

Table: The following table shows the distribution of the fatal cases in Wards, with the rate per 1,000 of the population.

The following table shows the distribution of the fatal cases in Wards, with the rate per 1,000 of the population.

WARD.NO. OF DEATHS.DEATH RATE.
West Green2.10
Harringay5.23
High Cross9.35
Middle18.62
St. Ann's26.94
Lower23.97

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The factors which seem to influence the incidence of
Summer Diarrhoea most markedly are density of population
and the atmospheric and ground temperatures
The areas having the densest populations suffered most,
and the week ended September 27th showed the heaviest
mortality. The average atmospheric temperature (maximum)
was 66-8 for the month of September, and the four foot
thermometer registered an average temperature of 60.5.
The number of deaths for 1913 (83) greatly exceeded
that for 1912 (24), whereas in 1911 the deaths numbered 164,
or, approximately, double the mortality for the year under
review.
The beneficent work of the Lady Sanitary Inspectors
continues, and the leaflets upon child feeding, sent to parents,
instruct them how children that cannot b breast-fed ought
to be nourished, and particularly call attention to the urgency
for medical treatment when diarrhœa is prevalent.