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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The recommendation of the Committee adopted by the
College was "to authorise the use of the term 'epidemic
enteritis' (or if preferred by the practitioner 'zymotic
enteritis') as a synonym for epidemic diarrhœa, and to urge
the entire disuse, as synonyms of epidemic diarrhœa, in
medical certificates of death of such terms as 'gastroenteritis,'
'muco-enteritis,' or 'gastric-catarrh.'"
The present confusion of terms vitiates the diarrhœa
mortality returns, and renders it impossible to determine
accurately the prevalence of the disease in special places,
or at special times, the extent to which it influences public
health in general, and the effects produced by sanitary
measures.
The 4,196 fatal cases of diarrhœa in all London were as
many as 930 above the corrected average.
6.—D iphtheria (decennial average 11 . 9).
| Year. | No. of Notifications received. | Removals to Hospitals | No. of Deaths in Hospitals. | No. of Deaths at Home. | Total No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 27 | 22 | 4 | — | 4 |
There were 4 deaths from Diphtheria, 7.9 below the
decennial average; the 1,964 deaths registered from it in
London were also below the average.
Death-rates from Diphtheria in St. Giles District during the
| Year. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Giles | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.13 |