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17. The above table shows that the increase of infant
mortality during 1904 was principally in Woolwich parish and
in the North River, St. Mary's, and St. George's Wards.
There was also a marked increase in St. Nicholas and Glyndon
Wards, whereas Herbert, St. Margaret's and Central Wards
showed a decrease compared with the average of the three
preceding years.
18. On comparing Table IV. with the corresponding table
in the Report for 1903, it appears that the total number of
deaths under one in the past year only exceeded the number
in 1903 by 80, whereas the number of deaths under one in
1904 from diarrhœal diseases exceeded the number in 1903 by
95. It appears, therefore, that the whole increase in infantile
mortality during 1904 was due to increased prevalence of
diarrhoea, and that the infantile mortality from other diseases
somewhat diminished last year.