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.Death Certification.
There were no uncertified deaths in 1910.
Small-pox.
There were no deaths from this cause in 1910.
Measles.
There were 1-W deaths due to this disease, which is 42 above the average for the last ten
years, and 53 below the number for 190!).
The deaths occurred in quarters as follows, viz.:—3, 2C. 42, (J't.
Diarrhcea.
Table H shows the connection between the meteorological conditions and deaths from this
disease. The second table still emphasises that the most important factor in the prevention of
diarrhoea is undoubtedly breast-feeding. If young children are breast-fed and given reasonable
care, their chances of life are four or five times, and according to some authorities ten times, as
great as children artificially fed, even when this is done under favourable conditions.
Table H.
Temperature of
the Air.
Temperature of
ground 3ft. below
surface.
Rainfall.
Deaths from
Diarrhœa.
Weeks.
1910.
1909.
1910.
1909.
1909.
1909.
1910.
1910.
ins.
ins.
I
°
°
°
°
July{
61.9
59.2
59.39
58.82
0.15
1.22
1
-
599
58.8
59.49
59.06
1.31
0.35
2
1
August{
60.8
60.2
59.68
0.26
60.12
0.85
2
-
66.9
60.7
61.25
0.00
60.48
0.18
3
-
63.3
62.7
62.79
60.13
0.82
0.19
4
6
58.1
59.9
61.26
61.48
0.70
0.80
10
2
September{
60.19
60.59
54.5
58.3
0.30
0.41
7
8
54.5
54.7
58.70
59.68
0.32
0.02
4
3
58.71
55.3
56.1
57.87
0.58
0.66
8
10
56.3
53.8
58.01
57.60
0.57
0.00
5
7
53.1
58.6
57.11
57.35
0.72
0.10
4
6
October{
55.8
57.4
57.04
57.61
0.08
2
1.01
2
56.28
56.4
53.1
57.23
0.59
0.61
2
6
55.69
55.7
51.4
56.38
0.46
0.63
4
9
59.12
58.90
Weekly average
58.03
0.55
4
4
57.5
0.43
Table I.—Deaths from Diarrhcea.
State of Premises.
Family.
Cases
Inquired
into.
Method of Feeding.
Year.
Overcrowding.
Dirty and
Improvident.
Artificially.
Partially
by both
Methods.
Clean
and
Careful.
Good.
Breast.
Fair.
Defective
1901
74
23
49
2
70
4
13
59
2
-
1902
40
21
18
1
37
3
6
33
1
1
1903
15
22
3
38
8
3
-
40
2
29
1904
115
55
54
6
101
14
16
82
17
-
1905
65
33
29
3
56
9
4
1
5
56
1906
81
40
34
7
66
15
4
15
50
16
1907
21
10
9
2
16
5
4
17
1
-
1908
46
28
16
2
45
1
8
35
3
-
1909
51
30
19
2
47
41
5
4
5
-
1910
38
36
1
1
33
5
6
20
12
-
Total
571
317
225
29
509
62
86
7
422
63
Whooping Cough.
44 deaths were due to this cause, against 54 in 1909. The deaths occurred in quarters as
Typhus Fever.
No deaths occurred from this disease.
Enteric Fever.
4 deaths were due to this cause, 1 in Bermondsey 2 in Rotherhithe, and 1 in St. Olave
The corresponding figures for 1909 were 2 for the Borough, viz., 1 in Bermondsey and 1 in
Rotherhithe.
Other Allied Diseases.
• ) deaths were registered under this heading, viz.. 1 death from chicken-pox and 2 from
cerebrospinal meningitis. An account of the latter will he found in the section of my report
dealing with the notification of that disease.