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WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough was little prevalent during the year there having been
only seven deaths registered in comparison with 27 in the preceding year and
a decennial average of 17. Three of the deaths were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury
and four in the Holborn District. All were children under five years
of age.
DIARRHEA.
The number of deaths from diarrhœa was 26, in comparison with a
decennial average of 34. Ten belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and
16 to the Holborn District. All but one were children under five years
of age, 20 being under one year of age.
As desired by the Local Government Board, under the heading Diarrhoea,
as regards children under one year of age, all the deaths classified as
diarrhœal diseases in Table V. have been included.
PHTHISIS OR CONSUMPTION.
The number of deaths from phthisis during the year was 105, or a death
rate of 1.89 per 1,000, the lowest recorded for the Borough. Of these, 35
belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury, a death rate of 1.19, and 70 to the
Holborn District or a death-rate of 2.68 per 1,000.
Of the 105 deaths, 29 were of persons who had been removed to Infirmary
from Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, 17 from St. Giles and
Bloomsbury and 12 from the Holborn District.
The corrected number of deaths in London was 6,419 equal to a rate of
1.32 per 1,000, being the lowest recorded.