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SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 27. (Decennial average 22).
The number of Scarlet Fever cases reported during
the year was 796, of which 27 terminated fatally, indicating
a case mortality of 3.3 per cent.
The death rate from Scarlet Fever is equal to 0.20
per thousand population, whilst that for the whole of
London is 0.12. All the fatal cases in Bethnal Green
except six were amongst young children of less than
five years of age. From the North sub-district 344 cases
were reported ; from the South, 191; and from the
East, 261. 734 of these were removed to hospital, but
with respect to 11 of them a report was received that the
patient was not suffering from any form of notifiable
disease.
From the Inspector's reports I gather that the homes
of 457 of the sufferers were in a fairly satisfactory
condition ; in 60 the closets were defective, in 10 the
drain inside the house was leaky or otherwise out of
order, and in 19 the external drains required amendment.
In 5 instances the premises were over-crowded, and
minor insanitary defects were noted in 229. Amongst
families inhabiting single room tenements 57 cases
occurred.
DIPHTHERIA
(INCLUDING MEMBRANOUS CROUP).
Total Deaths 31. (Decennial average 62).
The number of cases reported as Diphtheria was 293,
10 others were designated "diphtheritic" or membranous
croup. The two diseases are identical in