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Medical Officers ot Health Annual Report.
deaths were of children under five years of age. The
death-rate was .20 per 1,000 compared with .30 in 1899,
while for all London the death-rate was .42 per 1,000.
Epidemic This disease was again prevalent in the
influenza, earlier months of the year, and 87 deaths
were registered as resulting from it. This is lower than
the number in 1899 which was 122, but it is only a
fraction .36 under the corrected decennial average. A
large proportion of the deaths 33 out of 87 were of
adults over 65 years of age, while 40 deaths occurred
between the ages of 25 and 65.
The death-rate was .4 per 1,000, while in 1899 this
rate was .59.
Diarrhœa. From Diarrhoea 156 deaths were registered,
compared with 195 in 1899, and with 172
the corrected decennial average.
The death-rate was .72 per 1,000, compared with
.92 in 1899. The death-rate for the whole of London
was .76, for the 33 great towns .94, and for England
and Wales .69 per 1,000. This death-rate, although in
the main satisfactory, is still higher than it ought to be,
and if the number of deaths from Enteritis are added, viz.
84, the number of deaths due to digestive troubles
principally occurring in the hot summer months would
be 240, and the death-rate l.l per 1,000. For the first
time Enteritis is classed as a distinct disease, and in
future years it will be easier to make a comparison of
the increase or decease of this cause of death.
In the new Table issued by the Local Government
Board the instructions are as follows:—
“Under the heading of Diarrhœa are to be included
deaths certified as from Diarrhoea alone or in