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The Public Health Committee recommended the Council to ask the
Local Government Board to promote legislation to amend the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, by removing Erysipelas from the list of Notifiable
diseases.
The other Metropolitan Councils were invited to send a similar recom.
mendation to the Local Government Board. Five agreed with the Stepney
Council and decided to do so, six disagreed with us, seven decided to take no
action and three thought the notification of Erysipelas might be useful in other
respects.
Diarrhoea.
The number of deaths from Diarrhcea, which includes Epidemic and
Zymotic Enteritis, Dysentery and Dysenteric Diarrhoea, Cholera and Choleraic
Diarrhoea, was 318. Of these 225 were infants under one year of age.
92 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 1.55 per 1,000.
71 belonged to St. George's, or at the rate of 1.39 per 1,000.
112 belonged to Mile End, or at the rate of .96 per 1,000.
43 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .52 per 1,000.
The death rate for the whole of the Borough was 1.03 per 1,000. The
death rate for the whole of London was .94 per 1,000.
Enteritis.
The number of deaths from enteritis, which includes Gastro-Enteritis,
Muco-Enteritis, and Gastric Catarrh, was 257. Of this number, 220 were
infants under one year of age.
52 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .88 per 1,000.
61 belonged to St. George's, or at the rate of 1.19 per 1,000.
84 belonged to Mile End, or at the rate of .72 per 1,000.
60 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .74 per 1,000.
The total death rate from Enteritis through the whole Borough was .83
per 1,000 of the population.
Puerperal Fever.
Six cases of Puerperal Fever were notified and 3 proved fatal.
1 belonged to St. George's, which proved fatal.
2 belonged to Mile End, and one proved fatal.
3 belonged to Whitechapel, and one proved fatal.