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IN the introduction to the report before us Dr. Newsholme surveys the public health of England and Wales during 1911, and reviews the work of the medical department of the Board for the year ending March 31, 1912. The variations in mortality from various diseases since 1901 are illustrated by charts, as in the previous report. The percentage increase of population for 1901–11 remains the same (12.4) as in the preceding decade, but this is due to a fall in the death-rate by 3.0 percent., which just counterbalances the decline in the birth-rate. The deaths from scarlet fever continued to decline during 1911, those from diphtheria and enteric fever increased slightly, but those from diarrhœal diseases showed a considerable increase over previous years, due to the abnormally hot season; even so, however, there was less diarrhœa, still less infant mortality, in 1911 than in 1899.
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H., R. The Scientific Work of the Local Government Board 1 . Nature 90, 703 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090703a0
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