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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The tables at pages 88-00 show (1) the number of
notifications in London (2) the relative prevalence of the
several diseases at different periods of the year, in Kensington
and in London, and (3) the notifications in the sanitary
districts, &c., of the parish. The Kensington notifications,
were 1,046, viz., in the Town sub-district 784, and in Brompton
262. The notifications in the six preceding years were 1,811,
972, 1,289, 1,781, 1,457, and 1,004, respectively. Table IX. A
(appendix) shows the streets, &c., where cases of the scheduled
diseases occurred in 1899. The cases notified in London,
42,344, were nearly 5,000 more than in 1898. The
notifications of each of the scheduled diseases during the ten
years 1890-99 are set out in the subjoined table.
Year.
Small-pox.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Enteric Fever.
Typhus Fever.
Other Continued
Fevers.
Puerperal Fever.
Erysipelas.
Croup.
Cholera.
Relapsing Fever.
Total.
1890 60 15,330 5,870 2877 35 237 206 1598 550 25 7 29,795
1891 114 11,398 5,907 3372 27 152 221 4764 505 23 39 26,522
1892 423 27,096 7,791 2465 20 147 347 6934 565 54 7 45,849
1893 2813 36,901 13,020 3663 22 205 397 9700 668 86 4 67,485
1894 1192 18,440 10,655 3360 21 162 253 6080 535 21 2 40,925
1895 978 19,757 10,772 3506 14 105 236 5660 451 29 3 41,511
1896 225 25,638 13,391:3189 6 102 27* 6438 446 13 3 49,699
1897 105 22,876 12,811 3113 4 ; 65 264 5801 388 38 1 45,465
1898 35 16,917 11,561 3032 17 55 250 5180 310 23 ... 37.380
1899 29 18,112 13,363 4460 14 69 329 5615 338 15 ... 42,344
NOTE.— The form for table "B," on page 87, was prepared
by the Local Government Board in order that a "tabular
statement of infectious sickness should be made in all
districts on a uniform plan."