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There were, in addition, 25 deaths from enteritis and gastroenteritis,
making a total of 59 deaths or 18 per 1000 births, due
to diarrliœal diseases. 43 of the 59 were under one year of age.
65. The following table shows the death-rate from the abovementioned
diarrliœal diseases per 1000 births, in each parish
during the past seven years:—

North River, St. George's, and St. Nicholas's Ward had the
highest death-rate; Barrage, St. Margaret's, St. Mary's, and
Eltham, the lowest.
The Council decided in the spring of 1905 to pay for voluntary
notifications of the first case of Zymotic Enteritis occurring in a
family during the months of July, August, and September; and in
January, 1906, it was decided to continue the experiment for three
years more. Nos. I. to VI. in the following tables summarise the
notifications received and the results of the inquiries made in the
third year of notification.
Altogether 94 cases were notified (compared with 212 and 366
in 1905 and 1906), of whom 11 died up to October 31st, giving a
case death-rate of 11 per cent.; 22 deaths occurring during the
same period were certified to be from diarrhoea or zymotic
enteritis, so that 11 children died of this disease who were not
notified. It appears therefore, that half the cases for which
medical attendance was called in were notified. Most cases were
notified within three or four days of the commencement of illness.