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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The number of notifications received during the year under the
provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, was 963, as
compared with 1131, 1,248 and 1,171 for the three preceding years.
Table No. 3 shows the total number received during the year,
the number of cases in each district, also the number removed to
hospital from each district.
SMALL POX.
I am glad to say there was no case of this disease notified
during the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
The 392 notifications received during the year related to 373
cases, of these 11 were errors of diagnosis and cases which occurred
in hospital, thus reducing the net number of cases to 362. The
number of cases during the three past years was 723, 741 and 674.
The deaths were 13, compared with 6, 13, and 16 in the three
preceding years.
The death rate was 0.10 per 1,000, and for the three preceding
years, 0.05, 0.11 and 0.13.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.09, for the
76 great towns 0.11, for the 143 smaller towns 0.09, and for the
County of London 0.08 per 1,000.
The cases were distributed as shown in Table No. 3:—North
Deptford 138, South Deptford 104, Central Deptford 131.
DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANEOUS CROUP.
There were 201 notifications received relating to 194 cases; of
these 14 were errors of diagnosis and hospital cases, reducing the
number of cases to 180, compared with 179, 262 and 290 for the
three preceding years.
The deaths registered were 16, and for the three preceding
years 10, 26 and 18.
The rate of mortality was 0.13 per 1,000, and for the three preceding
years 0.08, 0.22 and 0.15.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 0.14, for the 76 great
towns 0.15, for the 143 smaller towns 0.16, and for the County of
London 0.13.
Bacteriological examinations were made by the Clinical Research
Association of specimens of membrane sent to them, of which 68
were found to be positive and 122 negative, total 190.