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Hospital, 201 were registered, of these only 18 were parishioners
of Deptford.
The number of notifications of infectious diseases received
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, was 1,178, as
compared with 1,416 and 1,478 for the two preceding years
respectively.
There was a marked decrease in all the diseases notified.
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. 5 and 6, and a full account of the
infectious diseases which have been notified during the year in
Deptford, will be found in Table No. 7.
Table No. 8 gives the analysis of the vital and mortal
statistics of thirty-three of the largest English towns during the
year 1898, showing among other particulars the statistics of the
deaths from Zymotic diseases.
Table No. 9 gives the Meteorological Statistics for London
for the year 1898.
Small Pox. There was not a single case of Small Pox
reported in the district, and only one death was registered in
London.
Scarlet Fever. Of this disease 510 certificates of notification
were received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
of these 6 were notified twice, and 6 were returned from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital as not being Scarlet Fever,
and 6 cases were contracted in the Hospital by patients sent from
other parts of the Metropolis. For the years 1897 and 1896, the
number of cases notified were respectively 632 and 759.