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notification must go hospital isolation, and it is probable that, if measles
is to be provided for by the Asylums Board, the present accommodation
of beds would have to be doubled.
Whooping Cough caused 22 deaths, which occurred mostly in the
winter and spring quarters, and were due to complications of pneumonia
and bronchitis.
Enteric Fever.—Fifty-five cases of this disease were notified, of
which 7 proved fatal, against 9 fatal cases for the preceding year.
Diarrhœa caused 17 deaths, a number below our average. This
disease was in excess in London, but the total number of deaths from
this cause was not so high as in 1895.
Influenza was the registered cause of 9 deaths, and was less fatal
than in any year since 1890, when the epidemic began in London.
Erysipelas.—Fifty-one cases of erysipelas were registered, and one
death was attributed to this cause.
Notification of Infectious Diseases.—The total number of certificates
received was 599, for notifying which the sum of £69 14s. 6d. was
paid to medical practitioners. This amount is recouped to the Vestry
by the Asylums Board out of the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund.
The total number of cases removed to fever hospitals for treatment
was 256.
In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government
Board, under the Public Health Act, Tables No. I. and No. II. have
been prepared. The first of these sets forth the population, births, and
number of new cases of infectious disease which have come to my
knowledge during the year 1896, and also the number of cases removed
from their homes for treatment in isolation hospitals.
No. II. shows the deaths which have been registered in the Parish,
including also the deaths of parishioners in hospitals and other sanitary
institutions outside the sanitary district, classified according to diseases,
ages, and localities.