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NOTIFICATIONS.
243 notifications of infectious diseases,
including 35 duplicates, were received.
It will be seen by reference to Table B that
of 208 persons attacked during 1897, 133 or
63.9 per cent, were removed for medical treatment.
Two cases only of erysipelas out of
26 were so treated, but of small-pox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, and
typhoid, 73.6 per cent, were taken to an
isolation hospital, the figures for the preceding
three years being 78.5, 83.9, and 77.5 per
cent. This diminution is owing to the occasional
overcrowding of the Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Bo;ird, which necessitates
patients being treated at home.
Of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, no less than
77.9 and 73.2 per cent respectively were
removed.
Following these Notifications, 202 premises
were disinfected. The difference between the
number of notifications received and the