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1903
THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Enteric (or Typhoid)
Fever, Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, Continued Fever, Relapsing Fever, Cholera.
The return for 1903 was a record one, because since the notification of
these infectious diseases became compulsory, there have not been so few in any
one year; and not only that but the cases of each disease were below the
corrected average for the preceding ten years, while the number of notifications
of several of them, namely Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup,
Enteric Fever and Erysipelas, was the smallest that had hitherto been known
in a year.
Years.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
Cases.
2,059 =
3,318 =
4,853 =
3,121 =
2,841 =
3,822 =
2,906 =
2,418 =
2,943 =
2,276 =
2,852 =
3,164 =
1,707
Attack-rates.
6.43 per 1,000 inhabitants.
10.26 „ „
14.84 ,, ,,
9.44 ,, ,,
8.50 „ „
11.32 ,, ,,
8.62 „ ,,
7.18 ,, ,,
8.75 ,, ,,
6.78 „ „
8.50 „ „
9.20 ,, ,,
5.03 ,, ,,
When comparison is made with the preceding ten years it is found that
the 1,707 cases, the number notified during the year, were 1,453 below the
average after correction had been made for the increase in the population, and
that the attack-rate of 5.03 per 1,000 was 4.28 below the mean decennial rate.
London.—The general health of London was very good, as the attack-rate
was only 6.oo per 1,000 inhabitants, but notwithstanding this fact only five of
the metropolitan boroughs were so free from infectious diseases as Islington,
namely Kensington, Westminster, HamDstead. Stoke Newington, and
Greenwich.