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The case mortality on the number notified was 11.7 per cent.
The mortality rate on population was 0.13 for Bethnal Green,
against 0.16 for the whole of London.
The Inspectors report that in 50 instances the premises were in a
fairly satisfactory condition ; in 52 the water-closets were defective;
in two the external drainage arrangements were faulty; in seven
instances the internal drainage arrangements were in an unsatisfactory
condition ; in one instance the premises were overcrowded;
and other insanitary conditions were found in 55 cases. Eleven
cases occurred in families inhabiting one room only; 133 of the
patients were removed to hospital.
DIPHTHERIA (Including MEMBRANOUS CROUP).
(Total deaths, 60. Decennial average, 98.)
The total number of cases reported under the two heads was
399. This indicates a mortality rate of 15 per cent. on the notifications.
On the estimated population at all ages the mortality is 0.46
per thousand living, whilst the general Metropolitan rate is 0.34.
Of the cases, 174 of diphtheria and six of membranous croup
were notified from the North sub-district, 101 and three from the
South, and 110 and five from the East.
In 151 instances the residence of the patient was found to be in
a satisfactory sanitary condition, but in 82 the closets were faulty;
in 20 the external drainage required amendment; and in seven the
internal drainage was defective. In only one instance was the
domestic water supply found to be drawn from the cistern supplying
the w.c. Time was when it was exceptional to find any other
arrangement in better class houses. In three cases the premises
were overcrowded, whilst various other insanitary conditions were
found in 139 instances; 38 cases occurred in families occupying one
room only.
PLAGUE.
No case reported.
In the Autumn of 1900 considerable apprehension arose lest this
disease should be imported into this country, and the Local Government
Board issued an order making it compulsorily notifiable.