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Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
The deaths at all ages from diarrhoea and enteritis in Humpstead
during 1914 numbered 16. Of these, 7 occurred during the tirst year
of life, and 2 in the second year. The deaths in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
4th quarters of the year were as follows:—4, 1, 10, 1. The deaths from
these diseases at various age-periods in the last three years is as
follows:—
Year.
Under
1 year.
1 and under
2 years.
2 and under
5 years.
5 and under
15 years.
15 and under
25 years.
25 and under
45 years.
45 and under
65 years.
65 years and
upwards.
All ages.
1911 22 2 — — — 2 2 7 35
1912 2 — — — — 2 4 7 15
1913 13 1 2 — — 1 1 — 18
1914 7 2 1 1 — 1 2 2 16
Totals 44 5 3 1 — 6 9 16 84

* This was a year of extra heat.
The various efforts to combat diarrhœa and enteritis, especially
among young children, have been continued during the past year. The
principal lines upon which the sanitary authority has proceeded were
enumerated in my last annual report. The leaflet that I prepared on
"The Prevention of Summer Diarrhœa" was issued during the year,
and distributed as far as possible. A special effort was made in July in
co-operation with the Infants' Health Committees of the Hampstead Health
Society with the object of placing a copy of the leaflet in the hands of
every mother of a child born within the preceding twelve months.