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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and the Tuberculosis Regulations, 2,733 cases of infectious diseases
were notified, as compared with 2,597 in 1924. In a preceding Table
will be found a list of cases notified and their distribution in the several
Wards.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases, viz.:— Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Enteric Fever
and Infantile Diarrhœa, 86 deaths were ascribed, and the death-rate
was 0.75 per 1,000 as against 0.74 in the preceding year. A preceding
table indicates the number of deaths and the death-rates from these
diseases during the past ten years.
Small-Pox.
No person was notified as suffering from Small-Pox during the
year.
Scarlet Fever.
310 persons were notified as suffering from this disease during the
year under report as compared with a total of 291 for the previous year.
Included in this total are 26 patients who, after removal to hospital,
were certified to be not suffering from the disease in question; also 7
cases which occurred amongst the Staff of the South Eastern Hospital.
There were 3 deaths as compared with 2, 2 and 11 in the three
preceding years, giving a death rate of 0.03 per 1,000 population, as
compared with 0.03 for England and Wales, and 0.02 for the County
of London.
Diphtheria.
The total number of patients certified to be suffering from Diphtheria
was 610 as compared with a total of 374 for the previous year. Of
this number 44 were errors of diagnosis, and 12 were cases amongst
the Staff of the South Eastern Hospital.
There were 23 deaths as compared with 15, 33 and 39 for the three
preceding years, giving a death-rate of 0.20 per 1,000 population as
compared with 0.07 for England and Wales, and 0.11 for London.
Enteric Fever.
4 cases of Enteric Fever were notified, as compared with 20
in the previous year. Two of the 4 were nurses in the South Eastern
Hospital, and the other 2 were Paratyphoid cases.