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The highest number of notifications was received
in the second quarter of the year (249), when the
annual sickness-rate was equivalent to 8.22 per 1,000
and the lowest in the third (206), rate 7.41.
Small-pox.—This disease was prevalent to a slight
extent in each of the four quarters. Of the cases in
the first quarter, nothing can be said. Of those in
the second, one was certified from the Ship Hospital
to be "German Measles"; of those in the third, one
was returned from the Wharves as "Chicken-pox";
and of those in the fourth, three were sent back as
errors in diagnosis. Of the 28 cases notified, 4 were
in unvaccinated persons, and in 2 cases no information
could be obtained as to vaccination. The remaining
patients were all vaccinated. Nothing could be ascertained
as to the origins of the cases in the second
quarter; of those in the third, one case came from an
infected house in the East End; and of the cases in
the fourth quarter, as regards two (those of F. C. and
C. G.), there was evidence that the infection had been
taken outside the Parish, and 3 others appeared to be
secondary to cases previously notified within the Parish.
The notes made on these cases are appended below:—
W. B., a plumber, resident in Paddington, but working in
Hampstead, was taken ill on the 8th October, and removed
on the 12th. K. B., his wife, was taken ill on the 24th,
and removed on the 27th. B. M., living next door to
these two patients, was taken ill on the 27th October, and
removed on the 3rd November. K. B. was the only
person in the house where she resided, who refused to
undergo vaccination after the removal of W. B.