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notifiable in Fulham since 1920. Fifty cases were
notified during 1926, compared with 70 in 1925 and
40 in 1924. Thirty-five of those affected were under
one year and 10 were between one and two years of
age. Twelve of the 28 deaths of infants under one
year from diarrhœal diseases were certified as due to
epidemic diarrhoea. The number of deaths from
diarrhceal diseases in infants corresponded to a rate
of 10.48 per thousand registered births. This rate,
although an improvement over the rate of 12.6 for
the year 1925, is still high, and shows the need for
education of the mothers in infant welfare.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
(,Sleepy Sickness.)
Since 1919, when notification of the disease became
compulsory 63 cases have been notified. The following
table shows the number of cases notified during each
year and during each quarter of the year from the
beginning of 1919 to the end of 1926.

It has generally been found throughout the country
that more cases occurred during the first and last