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total number of notifications of this disease was 784, compared
with 1,175 in 1899. I may here remark that the death-rate
from this disease in Camberwell is among the lowest of the
London parishes.
Among the deaths registered during the year we have
7 from heat-stroke. These occurred in July and were among
those who were either young, or exposed to the sun in the
course of their work.
The report I have to present on diphtheria is almost the
exact contrary to last year. Now I find myself in the pleasant
position of being able to point out a decrease in the notifications,
which amounted to 886, compared with 1,251 in 1899, while the
deaths amounted to 131, as compared with 153 in the previous
year. The notifications were diminished in all the districts,
especially in Camberwell and St. George's. The death-rate for
the whole of London was .34 per thousand, while that of
Camberwell was .49, so that we are still above the average both
for London and its south districts, but we are below most of the
parishes bordering on our eastern and northern boundaries.
I give the figures for 1899 and 1900 for the neighbouring
Sanitary Authorities: —
Sanitary Areas.
1899.
1900.
0.38
1.04
St. George-the-Martyr
0.81
St. Olave
0.28
Bermondsey
1.03
0.69
0.86
Battersea
0.19
Rotherhithe
0.78
0.63
Lambeth
0.32
0.51
Camberwell
0.61
0.49
0.34
Lewisham (excluding Penge)
0.75
It was not found that there were any special schools
affected, so that there was no need for the closure of any of
these institutions.
I have again to call the attention, not only of the
Council, but of the public, to the fact that virulent diphtheria
bacilli have been found after seven weeks from the disappearance
of all naked-eye signs of the disease from the throat, and
again to emphasise the importance of having a bacteriological
xi.