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THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The principal Infectious Diseases are seven in number, namely:—
Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Fever (including typhus,
typhoid or enteric, and simple or continued), Diarrhoea, Measles
and Whooping Cough. The notification clauses of the Public
Health London Act, 1891 (Sections 55-57), deal with smallpox,
cholera, diphtheria and membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet
fever, typhus, typhoid, relapsing, continued, and puerperal fevers.
During 1902 there were 586 notifications, as compared with 1026
in 1902. The returns according to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board Reports are as follows:—
First
Qtr.
Second
Qtr.
Third
Qtr.
Fourth
Qtr.
Total
for 190c
Smallpox — — — I I
Scarlet Fever 48 64 122 49 283
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) 38 37 29 15 119
Fevers-
Enteric 11 3 10 23 47
Typhus — — — — —
Continued — — — — —
Erysipelas 26 25 16 41 108
Puerperal Fever 3 2 3 — 8
Chicken Pox (Temporary Notification) 20 — — — 20
Totals 146 131 180 129 586