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SCARLET FEVER.
Of this disease 638 certificates of notification were received,
as against 550 for the previous year; the number of deaths
registered was 18.
DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
There were 257 cases notified during the year, as compared
with 414 for the previous year, and the number of deaths
recorded was 18, whilst the number of deaths for the previous
year amounted to 34.
ENTERIC FEVER OR TYPHOID FEVER.
The number of cases notified during the year was 73, and
the deaths were 11; for the previous year the number notified
was 60, and the deaths 10.
ERYSIPELAS.
Of this disease 147 certificates were received, whilst last
year 78 only were notified; three deaths only were registered.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Three cases were notified and two deaths were registered.
MEASLES.
As this disease is not notifiable under the provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, it is impossible to form an
exact idea of the extent of an outbreak, except by means of
the death returns and school certificates; it is commonly
considered a trivial ailment amongst the well-to-do, where
isolation and nursing is easily obtained, but among the poorer
classes this is difficult and sometimes impossible, hence the
heavy mortality. In London alone, the deaths from this disease
amounted to 2,360 during the year, whilst the deaths referred
to Scarlet Fever were 560, and to Diphtheria 1,159. The
number of deaths registered in the borough during the year
was 58, as compared with 46 for the previous year.