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and 356 for the two previous years, whilst in the South-Eastern
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital 242 were registered; of
these, 71 were parishioners.
A full detailed account of the deaths from all the Zymotic
diseases which occurred in the two Parishes, as well as in the
Hospital, will be found in Tables Nos. 6 and 7, and a full account
of the Infectious Diseases which have been notified (1,560 in all)
in Deptford, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, will be
found in Table No. 8. Table No. 9 shows the cases notified and
deaths from principal Infectious Diseases in London, during the
year ending December 28th, 1895.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board experienced some difficulty
in providing accommodation for the great increase in Scarlet Fever
and Diphtheria cases, and in the month of July a letter was
received, pointing out that new cases could only be admitted as
vacancies occurred by discharges and deaths. A communication
was also received from the Secretary of the Local Government
Board, calling attention to the considerable increase in the number
of Small Pox cases which had occurred in London during
September, and asking to be informed of the measures which had
been taken by this Board.
The following reply was sent:—"That, whenever a case of
Small-pox occurred in this Board's District, and which was notified
to the Medical Officers of Health, the following measures had for
some time been, and would continue to be taken, viz.:—Intimation
of the outbreak is immediately given to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, and notice of the same is at once given to the Vaccination
Officer for the Greenwich Union, and to the head teacher of the
School attended by the patient (if a child), or by any child who is