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It will be seen from the following table that the London diphtheria death-rate was, in
the period 1890-9, lower than the death-rate of any of the undermentioned foreign cities except
Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Rome, while in 1900 the London rate was only exceeded by
the rates of Stockholm, St. Petersburg and New York. The inclusion of deaths from croup,
however, in the case of several of these towns, makes comparison of the death-rates of little
value†—

In the distribution of diphtheria mortality throughout the year 1900 the eastern group
of districts had the highest death-rate (0.45), and the western and central groups the lowest
(0.24); of the districts, Bermondsey had the highest death-rate (0.72), and St. George, Hanoversquare,
and Strand the lowest (0.14). During the first quarter of the year the southern group
of districts had the highest death-rate, and during the remaining three quarters of the year
the eastern group of districts had the highest death-rate.

*Including deaths from croup.
†The death-rate in London from diphtheria, including deaths from croup, was .54 in 1890-9, and .36 in 1900.
1 See footnote (2), page 5. 2 See footnote (1), pace 5.