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B.—NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Measles. Three deaths resulted from this disease, viz., 1 in
February at West Wickham; 1 in April at St. Elizabeth's Home,
East Ham, of a child belonging to Orpington; and 1 in May at
Mottingham. The ages of the patients were 7 years, 6 months,
and 2 years respectively.
Whooping-cough caused 6 deaths—1 in January at Orpington;
2 in April (1 at West Wickham, and 1 at Keston); 1 in August; and
1 in September at Orpington; and 1 in November at St. Paul's Cray.
Influenza. Only one death was scheduled as due to this disease,
that of an adult female in October at West Wickham.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis. Twenty-five deaths of children under
2 years of age were attributed to these diseases. In point of time
they occurred as follows:—
April
1 death.
May
1 „
June
2 deaths.
July
1 death.
August
15 deaths.
September
2 „
October
3 „
Total
25 deaths.
Locally the deaths were distributed over the Rural area thus:—
Orpington
7 deaths.
St. Mary Cray
6 „
West Wickham
3 „
Farnborough
2 „
St. Paul's Cray
2 „
Hayes
1 death.
Cudham
1 „
Chelsfield
1 „
North Cray
1 „
Mottingham
1 „
Total
25 deaths.
There were only 8 deaths in 1910 from Diarrhoea (including
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis), but with the exceptionally hot
summer and autumn of 1911, the number of infant deaths showed
its usual increase. This increase, however, is partly due to the
fact that under the altered nomenclature deaths from diarrhoea and
enteritis of children under 2 years of age are scheduled under this
heading. Deaths over that age from both diseases are scheduled
under "other defined diseases."