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nursing Typhoid patients. There was no death from this
disease. In London there were 3,541 notifications of this
disease, and 635 deaths.
Measles.—This disease is not notified. There were as
many as 19 deaths from this disease. This is generally
regarded as a very harmless disease by the lower classes,
and a doctor often is not in attendance till the patient is
moribund. In London there were 3,292 deaths from this
disease, which caused the greatest mortality of all the Zymotic
diseases, being 23 per cent, more than that of Diphtheria,
which was the next highest.
Whooping-Cough also is not notified. In this District
there were seven deaths from this cause. In London there
were 2,094 deaths from this disease.
Diarrhœa.—This also is not generally notified. Many
deaths registered as "Gastro-Enteritis" would probably by
some medical practitioners be certified as Diarrhoea, and
vice versa. In this District there were three deaths from
Diarrhoea, and seven from Gastro-Enteritis. The deaths in
London from Diarrhoea were 1,780.
The total number of notifications of Infectious Diseases
this year have been only 83, excluding second notifications of
the same cases. They were distributed among the following
diseases:—
Scarlet Feverb 33
Diphtheria 28
Typhoid Fever 6
Erysipelas 16
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