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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The infectious diseases notifiable under Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, are:—Small-Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the diseases known
as Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, and the Fevers known by any of
the following names:—Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing,
Continued or Puerperal.
The total number of cases notified during the year
amounted to 898, of which number 630, or 70 per cent., were
removed for isolation to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's
Hospitals and other Institutions. In 48 instances, or 7.62 per
cent. of the cases removed, the Hospital authorities returned
the patient as not suffering from any infectious disease. Deducting
these from the gross total of cases, we have a corrected total
of 850 cases of infectious disease notified as occurring in the
Borough during the year, an increase of nearly 300 over the
number notified in the preceding year, which was 552. In
1903, 832 cases were notified, and in 1902, 1,282.
Age Periods.—Fifty per cent. of the Scarlet Fever cases,
compared with 54 per cent. in 1904, and 50 per cent. of the
Diphtheria cases, compared with 44 per cent. in 1904, occurred
among children aged six years and under.