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In the Inner Registration Sub-districts, the Diarrhœa deathrate
per 10,000 inhabitants was 7.4 as compared with 4.6 for
the Outer Districts i.e., 1.6 to 1—a condition of things which is
generally found to obtain, and which is readily understood when
the crowded state of the Inner Districts is remembered, though
the improvement in the latter Districts is noteworthy.
It will be noted that the 4-ft. earth temperature had a very
low register during 1905, and, as a natural consequence, the
Diarrhoea deaths were very few in number, exceptionally so.
Under the heading of Diarrhoea have been classed the 2 deaths
of Cholera-Nostras registered, as there is no reason to regard
them otherwise than as deaths from "Summer Diarrhoea"; and
also the 87 deaths registered from "Enteritis," which represent a
decrease that is pro ratâ with the increase in the number of
"Diarrhœa" deaths, and is due to more exact nomenclature. The
yearly average number of deaths from Enteritis in the old Parish
of Lambeth for the 10 years 1891-1900 is 101.8. During recent
years there has been a marked improvement in the diagnosis
of deaths from diarrhceal diseases, so that, to obtain comparable
figures, attention should be paid not only to diarrhoea deaths
certified, but also to all deaths arising from diseases of an
enteritic nature, i.e., those in which the intestines are, more or
less, congested.
Comparison must be made with the corrected infantile
mortality rate for the Borough, which is 114.8 per 1,000 births
(vide p. 29).
The female Inspector has visited every house wherein a death
has taken place from Diarrhoea, with the result that valuable
statistics are being tabulated in connection therewith, and from
these statistics (when in sufficient numbers) important deductions
may be able, hereafter, to be drawn.