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On the 9th August, 1912, the Local Government Board issued an Order
providing for the admission of any person who is not a pauper to a hospital of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the recommendation of the Medical Officer
of Health, provided more accommodation is available than is required for pauper
patients. 19 cases were so removed during the year.
DIARRHŒA AND ENTERITIS
The number of deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis was only 11. Three belonged
to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 8 to the Holborn District. All were children
under 2 years of age, 9 being under 1 year of age.
The Registrar-General in 1911 introduced a change in the method of classification
of diarrhœal deaths. He takes the deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis
under two years of age, instead of deaths at all ages from cholera, dysentery and
diarrhœa. In estimating rates, he takes the number of deaths per 1,000 births
instead of per 1,000 of the population. In the Borough this rate was only 14.3
per 1,000 births, in comparison with 27.64 for Loudon with 3,031 deaths under
two years of age. 10 of our deaths and 1,944 London deaths occurred during
the summer quarter, in comparison with 33 and 4,310 respectively during the
exceptionally hot one of 1911.
PHTHISIS.
For details see pages 20 to 22.
INFLUENZA.
During the year there were 4 deaths registered as due to influenza, in comparison
with 8 in 1913.
ALCOHOLISM.
Only 16 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 7 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 9 in the Holborn District. These represent only
a portion of the deaths really caused by alcoholism, as they are frequently
registered under the headings of other secondary causes.
CANCER.
64 deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease, 33
belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 31 to the Holborn District.