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In this way a large amount of valuable information is collected
bearing on the subject, that will be of the greatest service in
suggesting and carrying out future reforms. Besides the direct
benefit to the infant derived from these visits, much useful sanitary
work is also done in the way of remedying defective conditions
discovered by the Inspector at the time of her visit; cleanliness is
encouraged and some supervision is enabled to be kept over those
very houses where a good sanitary condition is most essential.
Further details of this work will be found in the special report on
summer diarrhoea above referred to.
Zymotic Death Rate. This rate is a statement of the
number of deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases per
1,000 of the population. There were 207 deaths from these diseases
in the district during the year, and the zymotic death rate is therefore
3.87, as compared with 1.91 in the previous year. This large
increase is due almost entirely to the number of deaths from
diarrhoea. The zymotic death rate in London was 2.18, in the 76
great towns 2.49, and in England and Wales 1.94.