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For the guidance of the certifying medical
practitioner the following instructions of the Local
Government Board should be noted, as it is of
importance that the causes of death should be
classified according to the system desired by the
Board, in order to facilitate the inclusion of them by
the Medical Officer of Health under their respective
headings.
Under the heading of " Diarrhoea" are to be
included deaths certified as from diarrhoea, alone or
in combination with some other cause of ill-defined
nature ; and also deaths certified as from
Epidemic enteritis ;
Zymotic enteritis ;
Epidemic diarrhoea. Summer diarrhoea ;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras
(in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are to be
included those certified as from Gastro-enteritis,
Muco-enteritis and Gastric catarrh, unless from information
obtained by enquiry from the certifying
practitioner or otherwise, the Medical Officer of
Health should have reason for including such deaths,
especially those of infants, under the specific term
" Diarrhoea."
Deaths from diarrhoea secondary to some other
well-defined disease should be included under the
latter.
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