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diarrh(ea and enteritis.
The number of deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis was only 11. 5 belonged
to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 6 to the Holborn District. 8 were children
under 2 years of age, 7 being under 1 year of age.
The Registrar-General in 1911, introduced a change in the method of classification
of diarrhœal deaths. He takes the deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis
under two years of age, instead of deaths at all ages from cholera, dysentery and
diarrhoea. In estimating rates, he takes the number of deaths per 1,000 births
instead of per 1,000 of the population. In the Borough this rate was only 8 88
per 1,000 births, in comparison with 12.42 for London with 1,371 deaths under
two years of age. Only 3 of our deaths and 659 London deaths occurred during
the exceptionally cold summer quarter, in comparison with 33 and 4,310 respectively
during the exceptionally hot one of 1911.
PHTHISIS.
For details see pages 21-27.
INFLUENZA.
During the year there were 9 deaths registered as due to influenza, in comparison
with only 1 in 1911.
ALCOHOLISM.
Only 17 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 10 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury. and 7 in the Holborn District. These represent only
a portion of the deaths really caused by alcoholism, as they are frequently
registered under the headings of other secondary causes.
CANCER.
59 deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease, 33
belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 26 to the Holborn District.
SUDDEN AND VIOLENT DEATHS.
Inquests.
The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held:—
Coroner: Walter Schroder, Esq., Office, Manor Place, Paddington Green, W.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. Richard Powell, 58, Hemingford Road, Barnsbury, N.