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The deaths from Zymotic diseases occurring in Clerkenwell
during the year numbered 154, and were caused as follows. For
comparison, the deaths during the last ten years are also given :—
Year.
Small Pox.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Enteric Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Total.
1891 0 107 4 7 51 4 50 223
1892 0 40 3 6 39 9 28 125
1893 0 70 11 25 41 6 50 203
1894 0 40 0 7 38 3 27 115
1895 0 8 1 9 12 34 9 40 185
1896 0 50 4 14 38 9 91 206
1897 0 47 3 16 43 2 69 180
1898 0 56 0 10 34 2 115 217
1899 0 29 0 8 27 4 112 180
1900 0 33 0 5 50 2 64 154
Total 0 553 34 110 395 50 646 1,788
To these Zymotic deaths in the Parish must be added those which
occurred at the various hospitals, etc., outside the district, of
persons belonging to it. They were as follows: Measles, 5;
Scarlet Fever, 10; Diphtheria, 12; Whooping Cough, 3; Enteric
Fever, 4; Diarrhœa, 17; Total, 51; making in all 205 deaths, and
therefore giving a zymotic death-rate of 3.09.
The amount paid to medical practitioners for furnishing
Notification Certificates amounted to £42 15s. od., as compared
with £72 16s. od., in 1899. The Local Authority is recouped for
this expenditure by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Smallpox.—It is satisfactory to be able again to report that there
have been no cases of smallpox recorded in the District. The
continuance of freedom from an outbreak of this disease depends
mainly upon the following four factors:—
1. The amount of smallpox in other districts of London.
Whilst only 4 deaths occurred in London during 1900, it
should not be forgotten that in various parts of Great Britain
there have recently been serious outbreaks of this disease. In
all such epidemics there is some risk that infection may be
brought into London.