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82. The North River Ward had the highest diarrhoea death
rate for the fourth year in succession, and Glyndon and St.
Nicholas came next highest. Probably many births of soldiers'
children living in St. Mary's Ward occur in the Female Hospital
in St. George's Ward. These two Wards should therefore be
considered as one as regards diarrhœal and infantile death
rates ; the diarrhceal death rate would thus be 60 for each
Ward, bringing them up to the fourth highest place.
The Burrage and Eltham Wards had the lowest rates, and
were the only Wards in which the diarrhoea death rate did not
exceed the average of the three preceding years.
83. I have already reported fully on the deaths from
Diarrhoea occurring in the months of July, August, and September
of 1904, which included all but fifteen of the deaths
occurring during the year (see Summer Diarrhoea, Report on
the prevalence of Zymotic Enteritis in 1904), there is therefore
no need to say more here, except that weekly returns of all
births are now received from the Registrars, and instructions
as to feeding infants taken to the house where the birth occurs
in all cases where advice is likely to be needed and appreciated.
The Lady Sanitary Inspector visits the homes and distributes
the instructions in Woolwich Parish, and the District Inspectors
in the rest of the Borough.
84. Leaflets giving instructions for the prevention of
Infantile Diarrhoea, were distributed house to house over a
large part of the Borough during the Summer quarter.
Erysipelas.
85. There were 74 cases of Erysipelas compared with 72,
98, and 58 in the three preceding years. The case rate was
0.59, the lowest recorded with the exception of the two years