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Taking the whole of the cases registered, during 1912,.
the diarrhoea death-rate per 10,000 population in the Inner
Registration Sub-Districts and Inner Wards is 4.9 as
compared with 1.2 for the Outer Registration Sub-Districts
and Outer Wards—a difference which is generally found to
obtain, and which is understood when the crowded
state of the Inner Registration Sub-Districts and Inner
Wards is remembered.
18 deaths were registered during 1912 from "enteritis."
During recent years there has been a marked improvement
in the diagnosis of deaths from diarrhceal diseases, so that,
to obtain comparable figures, attention should be paid not
only to diarrhœa deaths certified, but also to all deaths
arising from diseases of an enteritic nature, i.e., those in
which the intestines are affected.
A special leaflet was issued during 1912, dealing with
precautions against summer diarrhœa in connection with
irregular and improper feeding of infants, the value of the
milk depot in relation thereto, the danger of contamination
of food by flies, the importance of removing at once all
accumulations of refuse and other offensive matters, uncleanliness
generally, and other causes of the disease
(vide Appendix).
GLANDERS, ANTHRAX. ETC.
During 1912, 9 notifications of animal glanders in the
Borough were received under the London (Notification of
Glanders) Order, 1907,* but no case of human glanders,
anthrax or hydrophobia was notified.
EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA.
During 1912, 40 deaths were registered from influenza in
the Borough. Of the 40 deaths, 14 were registered during
the first, 7 during the second, 2 during the third, and 17
during the fourth quarter of the year. The annual averages
for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1902-11 (Borough)
are respectively 107.5 and 51.7.
*The Order includes also Anthrax and Hydrophobia occurring in
human beings.