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suffice to call attention to the variations in certain of
the recorded totals.
The Parish was free from Small-pox in 1890 and
1891, but in the three subsequent years there were 3,
68, and 28 cases notified. The cases of Scarlet Fever
rose from 214 in 1890, to 778 in 1893, and stood at
288 last year. The cases of Diphtheria fell from 225
in 1890, to 168 in 1892, since which date they have
risen, reaching 374 last year. The smallest number
of cases of Enteric Fever was recorded in 1892, and
the largest in 1894. During the five years 2 cases of
Typhus Fever have been recorded in the Parish. This
disease is supposed to be practically extinct in
London, but the figures in the second half of the
Table show that a small number of cases occur
annually. The notifications of Erysipelas show an
apparent increase of the disease, both in the Parish
and in the Metropolis.
Of the 897 cases of infectious disease notified in
1894, 420 were removed to Hospital for treatment.
The removals were equal to 46.8 per cent. of the
whole. Of the diseases received into the Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 413 cases were
removed (not all, however, to those Hospitals), equal
to 53.4 per cent. of such diseases. The cases removed
included 26 of Small-pox, 238 of Scarlet Fever, 213
of Diphtheria, 4 of Membranous Croup, 31 of Enteric
and one of Continued Fever. The percentages of
removals in respect of each disease were: Small-pox