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Scarlet Fever shows a decrease of 6 in the cases notified, and
of 0.25 in the attack rate. The type of the disease was for the
most part very mild, only one death having occurred.
The cases were most numerous in the second half of the year,
and the West Hornsey Ward was the district chiefly affected.
However, taking increased population into account, the prevalence
of Scarlet Fever during 1904 was much below the average
year.
Diphtheria also was more prevalent in the second than in the
first half of the year. But with this disease also the number of
cases was relatively smaller than usual.
Highgate Ward suffered more than the others, owing to an
outbreak connected with one of the day schools there.
The number of cases of Enteric Fever was considerably below
the average.
Two of the 16 cases notified proved fatal.
Source of infection. Two of the patients were infected while
travelling abroad, two others while at the seaside, and three other
patients at other places outside the Borough, making altogether
seven imported cases out of the 16 notified. Of the cases arising
within the district there is some evidence that one of these was due
to the consumption of shell fish.
Erysipelas, though showing an increase over the previous year,
is below the average for recent years.
There was no case of Small Pox notified during the year.