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Boroughs. (Vide Table 5). Deaths and death·rates relating
to infectious diseases are set out in Tables 13, 14, 15 and 16,
and the influence of season upon the occurrence of Infantile
or Zymotic Diarrhoea is demonstrated on Chart D.
PHTHISIS.
One hundred and twenty deaths were recorded, equivalent
to a mortality of .93 per 1,000, the second lowest in London ;
Hampstead being .91, and the County of London 16 per
1,000. This low rate is highly satisfactory. (Vide Table 10).
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
Under this heading are included Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy and other diseases of the respiratory organs, excluding
Phthisis. The total number of deaths amounted to 260, or a
death·rate of 2.0 per thousand.
CANCER.
Under this heading 123 deaths were registered, representing
a death·rate of .93 per thousand of the population.
ALCOHOLISM AND CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER.
Only 44 deaths were recorded.
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.
Forty·two deaths were registered, of which only two were
suicides. (Vide Table 13.)
MARRIAGES.
The persons married during the year numbered 670,
equal to a marriage rate of 5'2 per thousand of the population,
Compared with 17'6 for the county of London (1900),