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SCARLET FEVER.
(Deaths 39. Decennial average 22).
As in 1907, scarlet fever of a mild type continued to
be prevalent during the whole of the year; 1,005 ca ses
were reported, 964 persons suffering with this disease
were removed to hospital where 39 of them died, 41
slight cases remained at home and all them recovered.
Of those removed 956 went to one of the M.A.B.
Hospitals, and eight to other Hospitals or Infirmaries.
The case fatality on the whole number treated
in Hospital was four per cent. Forty-six of the
patients sent to Hospital were found to be not suffering
from scarlet fever, and are therefore not taken
into consideration in these figures. All the fatal
cases except eleven were of young children aged less
than five years. The scarlet fever death rate is equal
to 0.30 per thousand population at all ages, whilst
that of London is 0.11. Five hundred and four cases
were reported from the North-East sub-district, and
501 from the South-West. The Inspectors report that
the homes of 561 of the patients were in a fairly satisfactpry
condition; but in fifty-eight the W.C.'s or the
apparatus connected therewith were found to be
defective; in five the drain inside the house was
leaky; in thirty-six the external drainage was faulty,
and other minor insanitary defects were noted in 346
instances. Sixty-eight persons were removed from
single room tenements.
DIPHTHERIA.
Total deaths 29. (Decennial average 43).
The number of cases of this disease reported was
270, seven others were notified as Membranous Croup,