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compared with 21, 15, and 15, in the preceding three years
successively ; the corrected decennial average being 18. Ten
of the deaths took place at hospitals, to which 71 cases were
removed, and 11 at home. One hundred and twenty-two
cases were notified, 74 in North Kensington and 48 in South
Kensington, as compared with 90, 99, and 94, in the preceding
three years respectively.
The deaths in London, as a whole, from Enteric Fever
were 584, and 40 below the corrected decennial average (624).
The notifications were 3,113. There was one death from
Typhus, and 8 from Simple Continued Fever, the corrected
decennial averages being 10 and 29 respectively.
DIARRHŒA.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 125 deaths, 114 in the Town
sub-district and 11 in Brompton, as compared with 56, 118,
and 61, in the preceding three years successively, the corrected
decennial average being 85.
The deaths from this cause in the Metropolis, as a
whole, were 4,104, and 1,125 above the corrected decennial
average (2,979). These deaths were equal to a rate of 0.92
per 1,000, the highest rate recorded in any year since 1887;
the average rate in the preceding ten years was 0.67 per 1,000.
Infantile Diarrhœal Mortality.—It will be seen on
reference to the table at page 24 that of the 125 deaths from
diarrhœa, 102 were registered in the twelve weeks beginning
June 20th and ending September 11th: the numbers in
the consecutive four-weekly periods were 17, 49, and 36.
Seventy-three of these deaths were of infants under one year
of age ; there were 18 of children between one year and
two years of age. Excessive diarrhœal mortality was not
peculiar to the parish: all parts of the Metropolis suffered
more or less alike. The Registrar-General stated in his 31st
and 32nd weekly returns, that the mortality from diarrhœa, in