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[1904
rate of 0.10, in the preceding ten years. These cases were reported in the first
and second quarters of the year, 1 case occurring in January, 2 in February,
2 in March, 4 in April, 5 in May, and 3 in June, from which period to the end
of the year none was known.
The cases were confined in Islington to Barnsbury, where 12 were notified,
to Islington South-East where there were 4, and to Lower Holloway where
there was 1.
Owing to a probable outbreak of the disease, the London County Council
on March 29th, 1904, made an order under the provisions of the Public Health
London Act, 1891. making Chicken Pox a notifiable disease in the County of
London for four months commencing on April 7th. This Order was subsequently
renewed for a further period of three months, terminating on
November 7th. Altogether 812 cases were notified under it.
In the County of London 491 cases of Small Pox were notified, equal
to an attack rate of 0.11 per 1,000.
Owing to the great vigilance exercised by the Metropolitan Medical
Officers of Health, and the sanitary staffs under them, the disease did not make
much headway. The outbreak was chiefly confined to the Eastern Boroughs,
where 126 cases were notified in Bethnal Green, 90 in Stepney, and 42 in
Poplar, or a total of 258, or more than half the cases, actually 52.5 per
cent. A statement showing the returns for previous years is given in
Table XCIII.

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