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On March 14th the London County Council made the
above disease compulsorily notifiable for a period of three
months from and including March 22nd, 1911. During this
period 157 cases were notified in Deptford. One death was
attributed to this cause, making a death rate of 0.01.
Acute Polio-Myelitis or Polio-Encephalitis.
This disease was made compulsorily notifiable by an Order
of the London County Council, for a period extending from 1st
September, 1911, to 12th March, 1912.
One case was notified during the period under report.
This case was visited by the Health Visitor, and is referred
to in the portion of my report dealing with her work.
Plague.
No case of plague occurred during the year.
At the end of the year 1910 the Local Government Board
issued an order relating to the Prevention of Epidemic Diseases
—Regulations as to Plague—Destruction of Rats—Articles I.,
II., III. and IV. are as follows:—
Article I.—The expression "Local Authority" means
the Common Council of the City of London, the Council
of each Metropolitan Borough, the Council of each Municipal
Borough or other Urban District, the Council of each
Rural District and each Port Sanitary Authority.
Article II.—In any district in which a representation
is made to the Local Authority that rats in the district
are infected or threatened with plague, or that there is an
unusual mortality among rats in the district, the Local
Authority shall report the matter to us, and shall take