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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The following diseases are classified by the Registrar-General
under this heading:—Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, "Fever" (Typhus, Enteric and Continued),
Diarrhæa, Plague. The zymotic diseases caused 154 deaths as
compared with 318, 233 and 211 for the three preceding years.
The death-rate from zymotic diseases was 1.33, and for the three
preceding years, 1.24, 2.75, 2.32, and the average for the last nine
years being 1.92.
The zymotic death-rate in England and Wales was 1.26, in the
76 great towns 1.54, and in the County of London 1.42.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The number of notifications received during the year, under
the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, was 1,248,
as compared with 1,171, 991 and 1,129 for the three preceding years.
Table No. 3 shows the total number received during the year, the
number of cases in each district, also the number removed to
hospital from each district.
SMALL POX.
1 am glad to say there was no case of this disease notified during
the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
The 800 notifications received during the year related to 774
cases, of these 9 were errors of diagnosis, 24 were of cases which
occurred in hospital, thus reducing the net number of cases to 741.
The number of cases during the three past years was 674, 603 and
405.
The deaths were 13, compared with 16, 9 and 11 in the three
preceding years.
The death-rate was 0.11, and for the three preceding years 0.13,
0.07, 0.09.