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THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The principal Infectious Diseases are seven in number, namely:—
Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Fever (including typhus,
typhoid or enteric, and simple or continued), Diarrhœa, 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 1904 there were 806 notifications, as compared with 586 in
1903 and 1020 in 1902. The returns according to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Reports are as follows:—
First Qtr. Second Qtr. Third Qtr. Fourth Qtr. Total for 1904
Small-pox 1 6 6 — 13
Scarlet Fever 60 88 95 80 323
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) 24 36 37 26 123
Fevers-
Enteric 8 6 9 17 40
Typhus — — — — —
Continued — — — — —
Erysipelas 12 23 37 33 105
Puerperal Fever 1 2 1 1 5
Chicken-Pox (Temporary Notification) — 98 77 22 197
Totals 106 259 262 179 806
SMALL-POX.
From January 3rd to March 13th there were in the Metropolis
47 cases of Small-pox. We received in those nine weeks intimation
of eleven persons, resident in the Borough, who had been in direct