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110
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
To ascertain the true zymotic death-rate, the number
of deaths from all zymotic diseases in outlying institutions
must be added. In these 37 deaths occurred, 17
in the Union infirmary, 4 in general or special hospitals,
and 16 in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board. In internal institutions there were no deaths
from zymotic diseases during the year. The total number,
after adding the above deaths was 218, compared
with 110 in 1895, and 140 in 1894. The true zymotic
death-rate is thus 3.96 per 1,000, compared with 2.03
in 1895 and 2.64 in 1894.
The annual rate per 1,000 persons living for the
whole of London for the year, exclusive of influenza,
was 3.1, while for this parish the corresponding rate was
3.94 per 1,000. This high mortality is, as already mentioned,
due to the large number of deaths from measles
and whooping cough.
Small Pox.
No deaths occurred from this disease, and
no notifications were received during the year.
The official return of the vaccination officer for the
year 1895 shows that of 1,679 births registered from
1st January to 31st December, 1,328, or 79 per cent.
were successfully vaccinated, 14 were certified as being
insusceptible of vaccination, 146 died unvaccinated, 38
were postponed by medical certificate, 24 had removed
to districts the vaccination officer of which had been
duly apprised, 62 had removed to places unknown, and
67 remained on the books as unvaccinated.
Scarlet Fever.
400 cases of this disease were notified, compared
with 184 in 1895, and 133 in 1894. 199 of these
cases were removed to hospital, where 12 deaths occurred,
whereas of the 201 cases treated at home only three
proved fatal. The total case mortality was 3.75 per