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THE NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Enteric (or Typhoid)
Fever, Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, Continued Fever, Relapsing Fever, Cholera.
The return of 1,941 cases was very satisfactory, for it was 906 below the
corrected average number notified in the preceding ten years; and also
because it was particularly noticeable for a reduction in the attacks from all the
notifiable infectious diseases, and it indicated one of the healthiest years since
notification was commenced. The cases represent an attack-rate of 5.69 per
1,000 inhabitants, which is 2.65 per 1,000 below the mean rate of the years
1894-1903. This rate also compares favourably with that of the Encircling
Boroughs, in which it averaged 6.90 per 1,000, and with the County of
London, the rate of which was 6.08 per 1,000.
Attack-Rates.
St. Pancras 6.81 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Stoke Newington 5.59 „ „
Hackney 8.48 „ „
Hornsey 6.55 „ „
Finsbury 6.55 „ „
Shoreditch 6.64 „ ,,
The Encircling Boroughs 6.90 ,, „
County of London 6.08 „ „
Islington 5.69 „ ,,
This return shows that, with the single exception of Stoke Newington,
Islington was more free from the notifiable infectious diseases than any of the
communities named in it.
For the particulars respecting the various Metropolitan Boroughs
reference should be made to Tables CIII. and CIV. (pp. 127, 128.)