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shown a marked decrease, but for the first 3 months in Bromley
displayed an alarming increase, the figures for the period being 17
deaths against 3 in the same period in 1892.
In London generally there were in 1893 no less than 36,901 notifications
of scarlet fever, the deaths numbering 1587, as against 1883
and 105 respectively for the Poplar District. The deaths showed an
increase in the Metropolis of over 20 per cent. Under these circumstances
it is satisfactory that the deaths in Bow only should show an
actual decrease of 2.
In Bow for the year the notifications numbered 310, of which 77
were removed to hospital. For the first 3 months in Bromley the
notifications were 31, of which 10 were removed to hospital. It
should be noted that of these 31 cases as many as 17 proved fatal,
15 being children between one year and five. In Bow the deaths for
the four quarters were respectively 7, 4, 2, o, and may be taken as an
indication of the decrease of the epidemic. The annual death rate
for Bow was 0.31 as against 0.36 for 1892.
Those who have experience in sanitary administration have long
been forced to the conclusion, now generally admitted, that efficient
sanitation, with a view to remedy the defects in houses, together with
the removal of patients, or their isolation, conduce to a diminution
in this disease.

Whooping Cough.
A continued decrease in deaths from this cause is to be noted in