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decennium and two quinquennia respectively, while in
South Paddington, last year's rate (0.23) was below
all the mean rates (0.26, 0.24, and 0.29). Last year's
rates for Paddington and St. Mary were the highest
recorded since 1889. In St. John, lower rates than
that of last year (0.23) were recorded in 1889, (0.16),
1891 (0.21), and 1894 (0.06).
The prevalence of this disease is largely influenced
by the temperatures of the air and soil—which
become operative chiefly through uncleanly conditions.
Having regard to the heat of last summer a high
infantile mortality from diarrhœa may be said to be
almost inevitable, but it is a matter for regret, that
the mortality should have been so much higher in
Paddington than in any of the surrounding districts,
Willesden excepted.
Diarrhœa.
Rate per 1,000 persons of all ages.
Kensington 0.69 St. Marylebone 0.72
Chelsea 0.66 Hampstead 0.44
St. George, Hanover
Square 0.86 Willesden 1.58
Paddington 0.83 (0.85).
These rates would be more instructive, were it
possible to separate the deaths of very young
children from those at older ages, but the data
necessary are not available.