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Of the 15 deaths, 6 occurred in the St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 9 in the Holborn
Division. All were of children under five years of age. The decennial average for
the two divisions was 9 and 12 lespectively.
DIARRHŒA.
The number of deaths from diarrhcea during the year was 22, in comparison
with an average of 40 during the previous decennium, the lowest being 14 in the year
1902 and the highest 56 in the year 1899. Of the 22 deaths, 10 belonged to St.
Giles and Bloomsbury, and 12 to the Holborn Division. The decennial averages for
these divisions of the Borough were 18 and 23 respectively.
Twenty-one of the 22 deaths were of children under 5 years of age, 20 being
children under one year; 16 of the 22 deaths occurred in the third or summer quarter
of the year, all but one being children under one j'ear of age.
There were also 11 deaths from enteritis during the year, only two of which
occurred during the summer quarter.
Of 19 deaths of young children under one year of age from diarrhceal diseases
respecting which inquiries were made by the lady Sanitary Inspector, as many as 16,
or more than 84 per cent, were artificially fed. Nine of the mothers were engaged
in work outside the home, and one of the mothers was dead.
PHTHISIS OR CONSUMPTION.
The number of deaths from phthisis during the year 1905 was 149, equivalent
to a death-rate of 2.65 per 1,000, of these 79 belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury,
being a death-rate of 2.65 per 1,000, and 70 to the Holborn District or a death rate
of 2.65 per 1,000.
The corrected number of deaths for London was 6,622, the corresponding deathrate
being 1.42 per 1,000.
The number of deaths from other tubercular diseases was 32; of these 13 belonged
to St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 19 to the Holborn District.