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POOR LAW RELIEF.
I am indebted to Mr. Henry H. Reeve, Clerk to the Guardians,
for the following figures relating to this subject:-
Actual expenditure in Outdoor Belief during the year
ended the 31st March, 1926 £338,986
Average number of persons who received Outdoor Relief
during the year ended the 31st March. 1926 ... 14,926
Average number of persons accommodated in Ladywell
Institution during the year ended the 3lst March,
1926 596
Average number of persons who received treatment in
the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Hospital during
the year ended the 31st March, 1926 ... ... 550
III. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In Table IV. of Appendix will be found particulars of infectious
diseases notified during the year under report.
The number of cases of infectious diseases notified, exclusive
of notifications of tuberculosis, which numbered 321, was 1,087,
compared with 1,264 in 1924 and 959 in 1923.
The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 8.84, against
10.35 in 1924.
83 eases were returned from hospital as not suffering from
the disease for which they were notified, but, if allowance is made
for mild unreported cases, the recorded notifications would, if
anything, understate the actual number of cases.
DIPHTHERIA.
There were 535 cases of diphtheria notified in 1925 as against
541 cases in 1924.
The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 4.35, against
4.43 in 1924. The ease mortality was 5.4 per cent., against 4.6
per cent, in 1924 and 5.6 per cent, in 1923. 47 cases were
returned as not suffering from this disease.