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The death-rate was 006 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 0 06 in 1902,
0.05 in 1901, 0.08 in 1900, and 0.13 in 1899. The deaths were at the rate of 4.7 percent.
of the cases certified, as compared with 4.6 in 1902, 4.2 in 1901, 5.8 in 1900, and
8 in 1899.
Blood poisoning (pyaemia and septicaemia) resulted in 17 deaths, 11 of males
and 6 of females. Infective endocarditis was given as the cause of death in
3 cases. Other diseases allied to the foregoing caused 2 deaths.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Seven cases were certified, the attacks per 1,000 births being at the rate of
1.7, as compared with 2.2 in 1902, 1.7 in 1901, and 2.5 in 1900. The death-rate due
to the disease was 0.2, as compared with 0.7 in 1902, and 0.5 in 1901.
DIARRHœA.
Diarrhoea was most prevalent in the Borough during August and September.
The deaths from diarrhoea were 16 in July, 47 in August, 45 in September, and 14 in
October. A few deaths were registered prior to July, and 8 during the months of
November and December. The total number of deaths due to the disorder was 143,
excluding 66 deaths, attributed to enteritis and gastro-enteritis. Of the deaths from
diarrhoea, 117 were of infants under one year, 23 of young children under the age of
five years, and the remaining 3 were of adults of thirty-five years and upwards. The
death-rate due to diarrhoea was 1.23 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 1.12 in
1902, 1.30 in 1901, 1.40 in 1900, 1.75 in 1899, 1.79 in 1898, and 1.74 in 1897. The
rate was highest in Hoxton New Town, and lowest in Haggerston. The deaths from
diarrhoea in the Metropolis numbered 2,949, of which 1,930 occurred during the