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DIARRHŒA.
The deaths during the year from this disease were 222, as against
233 for 1900.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was 1.07.
The deaths from Diarrhoea during the last ten years were as follows :
1892 131
1893 214
1894 96
1895 205
1896 214
1897 300
1898 306
1899 260
1900 233
1901 222
In the case of every death from Diarrhœa the house was examined,
and the history of the circumstances of the case fully reported upon.
PHTHISIS.
The deaths from this disease during 1901 were 516, as against 571
in 1900.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was 2.50.
The deaths from Phthisis during the past eight years were as follows :
1894 473
1895 533
1896 490
1897 520
1898 565
1899 621
1900 571
1901 516
During the last six years it has been our practice to visit and
examine every house in which a person has died from Phthisis.
Disinfection of rooms after Phthisis takes place in about two-thirds
of the total deaths from that complaint.
DEATHS of INFANTS Under ONE YEAR of Age.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 168
during the year 1901.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last ten
years were as follows :
1892 177
1893 178
1894 163
1895 201
1896 192
1897 187
1898 190
1899 199
1900 192
1901 168
INSPECTION of HOUSES in which Deaths have occurred.
It had been the custom for the last nine years to visit every house in
Newington in which death had occurred, and to make a complete inspec-