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In London there were registered during 1897, 4104 deaths
from Diarrhoea, giving an uncorrected rate of 9.2 per
10,000 living, and 5•1 % of total deaths.
Registration
Sub-Districts.
Number of
Deaths.
Diarrhœa
Death-rate
per 10,000
Inhabitants.
Waterloo Road 1st
14
10.01
Waterloo Road 2nd
13
9.4
Lambeth Church 1st
30
15.9
Lambeth Church 2nd
55
13.3
Kennington 1st
53
10.1
Kennington 2nd
17
3.9
Brixton
36
2.2
Norwood
18
0.7
District not stated
2
—
Lambeth
238
7.9
In the Inner Wards the average Diarrhoea death-rate per
10,000 inhabitants was 12.7, as compared with 5.9 for the
Outer Wards, i.e., 2 to 1.
Under the heading of Diarrhœa may be classed the
18 cases of cholera notified, together with the 11 deaths
registered, in Lambeth during the year, as there is no
reason to regard any one case as "Asiatic Cholera"; and
also the 128 deaths registered from "Enteritis."