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DIARRHOEA OR ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
59. The deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis (all forms)
under two years of age were 46, or 17.4 per 1,000 births,
compared with 3.65 in 1912. The rate for London was
27.50. The total number of deaths from these diseases at
all ages was 49. Owing to the change in nomenclature, the
diarrhoea death-rate cannot be strictly compared with that
of years previous to 1912, but the rate was probably below
the average of previous years.
Notification. Voluntary notification of zymotic enteritis
during July, August, and September, commenced in Woolwich
in 1905. The results of four years' notifications were fully
reported (see Council's Minutes, February 11th, 1909), and
they were so satisfactory that it was resolved to continue
voluntary notification, and, from and including 1909, to
extend the period to June and October, thus making the
disease notifiable during five months instead of three. In
1913 an Order was made under Section 55, Public Health
(London) Act, making the disease compulsorily notifiable, and
the Order was confirmed by the Local Government Board.
Compulsory notification commenced 25th August, 1913.
338 cases were notified in the past year, compared with
866 and 129 in the two preceding years. 10 cases were
notified in June, 13 in July, 110 in August, 163 in September,
38 in October, 4 in November, and none in December.
The fatality (deaths under two years per 100 notified
cases under two) was 23.1.
60. The following tables give full particulars of the oases
notified each year since notification commenqed:—
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