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SCARLET FEVER.
627 cases were notified of this disease, an increase of 288 cases as
compared with last year. The disease was especially prevalent during the
latter half of the year, the number of cases in the four quarters of the year
being—
1st quarter 65 cases.
2nd „ 122 „
3rd „ 219 „
4th „ 221 „
There were 5*4 cases per 1,000 as compared with 5-6 per 1,000 in the
neighbouring parishes of Chelsea, Hammersmith, and Kensington, and 5-8
in London.

392, or 6.25 per cent, of those suffering from the disease were removed
to the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Mortality.—The disease was the cause of 28 deaths, representing a case
mortality of 4.4 per cent., as compared with an average of 6.0 per cent, for
the previous three years. Of the 392 removed to the Hospitals 20, or 5.1
per cent., and of the 235 who remained at home, 8 or 3.4 per cent. died.
ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOSPITALS OF THE MANAGERS OF
THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.
As has been the case for the last four years the accommodation for
Scarlet Fever patients in the Hospitals of the Managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board was quite inadequate to meet the demands made upon it, and
a number of patients remained at home, although their removal was
desirable, thus while 80 per cent, of those notified during the first six
months of the year were removed, only 50 per cent, of those notified during