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The school authorities are again notified that the children at the
affected house may return to school. When it has been ascertained
that the infection has occurred beyond the boundaries of the Parish, a
communication to that effect is sent to the Medical Officer of Health of
the district concerned.
Influenza. —Influenza was the registered cause of 32 deaths, the
disease being prevalent in the months of February, March, and April,
when complications of Pneumonia and Bronchitis were most common
and fatal, besides thoso of other organs, such as the heart, liver, and
the nervous system. The victims were of all ages, from six months to
79 years of age, but most commonly over 50 years, the cases being
spread over all parts of the parish.
In London the number of deaths from Influenza reached 1,817,
which is the highest recorded since 1895.
Local Diseases. —Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 135 deaths,
of which 79 were attributed to Bronchitis and 54 to Pneumonia.
Diseases of the Nervous System caused 80 deaths, a decline of 20 on
the preceding year. This class includes Apoplexy, Paralysis, and
Convulsions of infants.
Deaths from Diseases of the Heart were numerous, and rose to 100,
against 87 for the preceding year.
The class Digestive includes enteritis, peritonitis, diseases of the
liver and stomach, &c, and was responsible for 75 deaths; eight deaths
were directly attributed to alcoholism and delirium tremens, but there
is no doubt that many more deaths registered under the head of diseases
of the liver owe their origin to this cause.
The class Urinary includes nephritis, B right's disease, and diabetes,
and caused 40 deaths.
Developmental Diseases. —Under the head of developmental diseases
are classed the premature births of infants and malformations, which
caused 42 deaths, and old age, to which latter 40 deaths were referred,
but many deaths of old people were registered from other causes, such
as bronchitis and cancer.