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10.9 Outer Districts) as compared with two decennial
averages 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1891-1900 (Parish) of
6.1 and 9.04 respectively. During 1913, the highest incidence
rate is 14.4 (Prince’s), and the lowest 6.3
(Norwood).
Further, excluding the ophthalmia neonatorum and
whooping cough cases, in connection with which no
systematic sanitary examination was made, the number of
infected houses, in which the remaining 2,046 notified
cases occurred, was 1,879, and in each of these houses a
systematic sanitary examination was made of the drains
and the traps, fittings and appliances with the following
results:—
(a) 110 (i.e., 5.9 per cent.) were found to have defective
drains, i.e., gave results with the tests employed.
(b) 857 (i.e., 45.6 per cent.) were found to have defective
traps, fittings and appliances.
(c) 912 (i.e., 48.5 per cent.) showed no defects.
These figures are comparable with the quinquennial averages
for the Parish during 1891-95 and 1896-1900, and for
the Borough during 1901-5 and 1906-1910, given in
Table 1.
Sub-divided according to the different notifiable diseases
the results for 1913 show as follow:—
B 2