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three deaths. The first fatal case—that of a clerk from
Winchester Road—was removed to Hospital two hours after
notification. He had been badly vaccinated in infancy. It
Was ascertained that there were two unvaccinated children,
aged 4 years and 9 months, in the house who had recently
come from the country. They and the lodgers in the house
Were vaccinated, and no further case occurred. An unvacciliated
domestic servant, aged 26, was removed from Rosslyn
Hill to Hospital and died there. Five cases occurred in one
house in the Town Ward. The first case was thought by
the medical attendant to be chicken-pox, and no precautions
were taken ; four more cases became infected, attended by
the death of an unvaccinated infant, 4 weeks old. The
majority of the 17 cases reported were domestic servants,
and in some instances it was established that they had paid
Visits to the infected neighbourhood of Portland Town.
With the exception of the infant already referred to, the
whole of the cases were removed to hospitals.
Scarlet Fever.—230 cases of this disease were registered
against 512 for the previous year, and of these 144 were
removed to hospitals. The fatal cases were 10, showing a
diminution of 10 deaths over the preceding year; but the
rate of mortality—somewhat above 4 per cent.—was rather
higher. No difficulty was experienced in getting the cases
received iuto hospitals, although no less than 11,767 scarlet
fever cases were admitted into the Metropolitan Asylums
Hospitals—equal to a weekly average of 226 throughout the
year.
Diphtheria was the cause of 20 deaths, showing a diminution
of 16 compared with the preceding year. The total number of