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104
Ages.
13 were between 1 and 5 years.
75 were between 5 and 16 years.
11 were adults.

Spread in Family.
The 99 cases occurred in 86 families. In 77 families 1 case occurred, in
6 families 2 cases occurred, in 2 families 3 cases, and in 1 family .1 cases.
Removals.
About 13 per cent. of the cases were removed to institutions—
11 to the London Fever Hospital.
1 to a Nursing Home.
1 to the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital.
Epidemic Diarrhcea.
This disease is notifiable in only a few districts in London, and is not notifiable
in Holborn.
The number of deaths of young children under two years of age classified
under the head, Diarrhoea and Enteritis, was 6, all under 1 year. The deaths
were equal to a rate of 11.4 per 1,000 births in comparison with 10.6 for all London.
The methods used to deal with the disease have been detailed in a previous
report; the most important perhaps is that during the third quarter of the year
extra visits are paid to those homes in which epidemic diarrhoea is more likely to
occur.
During the five years 1921.25, 31 deaths of Holborn children under 2 years
of age were recorded from this disease, equal to 10.2 per ,000 births in comparison
with a rate of 11.5 per 1,000 in all London.
Nursing Arrangements.
Nursing arrangements have been made with the Metropolitan Nursing
Association, No. 23, Bloomsbury Square, now 31, Bedford Place, for the nursing,
when required, of necessitous cases of measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia
neonatorum, epidemic diarrhoea, pneumonia, encephalitis lethargica and
tuberculosis.