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Parish of Tooting.
During the year sixty notifications of infectious
disease were received :—of Scarlet Fever, thirty-one;
Diphtheria, eleven; Enteric, three; Continued Fever,
two; Cholera, one; and Erysipelas, twelve. Twentynine
or nearly fifty per cent of the cases were removed to
Isolation Hospitals.
small pox. I am pleased to be again able to report that
no case of this disease has occurred during the year in
this district.
scarlet Fever. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever is
exactly equal to that occuring during the previous year
(31). Except in seven instances where isolation could
be effectually carried out at home, all the cases were
removed to Hospital, where one death occurred.
The prevalence of these diseases continues to
be on the decrease, eleven cases occuring,
compared with fifteen and twenty during the two
previous years respectively. Four cases were removed
to Hospital. No deaths of parishioners were recorded.
cholera. A case of sudden illness and subsequent
death was notified as being due to Cholera. Upon
investigation, however, the case resolved itself into one
of " English Cholera," and indicates the desirability of
the Public Health Act, specifying " Asiatic Cholera " in
the sections dealing with notification.
Erysipelas. Twelve cases of Erysipelas were reported.
This is in excess of previous years.
Three cases of Enteric and two of Continued
were notified, one of the former being
removed to Hospital.
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Diphtheria and
Membranous
Croup.
Enteric and Continued
Fever.