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In the Inner New Registration Sub-Districts, the
Diarrhoea death rate per 10000 inhabitants was 4.9 as compared
with 1.1 for the Outer Districts, i.e., 4 to 1—a condition
of things which is generally found to obtain, and which
is readily understood when the crowded state of the Inner
Districts is remembered.
It may be noted that the 4-ft. earth temperature had a
low register during 1910, and, as a natural consequence,
the Diarrhoea deaths were diminished in numbers.
34 deaths were registered during 1910 from '"Enteritis."
The yearly average number of deaths from Enteritis in the
old Parish of Lambeth for 10 years, 1891-1900, is 101.8.
During recent years there has been a marked improvement
in the diagnosis of deaths from diarrhœal diseases, so that,
to obtain comparable figures, attention should be paid not
only to Diarrhoea deaths certified, but also to all deaths
arising from diseases of an enteritic nature, i.e.. those in
which the intestines are affected.
Comparison must be made with the corrected infantile
mortality rate for the Borough, which is 82.5 per 1000
births (vide p. 33).