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the desirability of preventing diseases of the infectious
class by early removal, where efficient isolation cannot be
secured, and it may be anticipated that it will before
long acquiesce in the extension of like measures of
prevention to all infectious diseases.
Scarlet Fever.—Many hundreds of cases of Scarlet
Fever have occurred during the year in the sub-district,
1 67 of these were removed to hospital.
The number of fatal cases was 18, being very small
compared with former epidemics. It may be here
mentioned that 15 other persons belonging to the subdistrict
died in hospital from the disease.
The type of disease has been generally of the mildest
character, accompanied by few complications, and in
this respect exhibiting a striking contrast to other
epidemics of Scarlet Fever. The sanitation of the subdistrict
improving year by year, as well as that of the
Metropolis generally, may be fairly credited with the
less malignant type of the disease, as other zymotic
diseases have during the last few years exhibited the
same characteristic non-malignancy compared with the
outbreaks of twenty years since, when there was a much
larger proportion of deaths to recoveries.
Diphtheria.—Eight deaths arose from this disease, to
which the above remarks as to lessened malignancy
during later years especially apply.
Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas each caused seven
deaths. From Enteric Fever but three deaths were
recorded, a distinct proof of greatly improved sanitation.
Fourteen cases were removed 10 the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospitals, of whom one died,