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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The table at page 81 shows the number of notifications of
infectious disease in London in 1898. The table at page 82
is designed to show the relative prevalence of the several
diseases at different periods of the year, being a summary of
the figures set out in my four-weekly reports.
The Kensington notifications were 1,004, viz., in the
Town sub-district 825, and in the Brompton sub-district 179.
The notifications in 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897, were
1,811, 972, 1,289, 1,781, and 1,457, respectively. Table IX. A
(appendix) shows the streets, &c., where cases of the scheduled
diseases occurred in 1898. The cases notified in London, as
a whole, were 37,380, and 8,085 fewer than in 1897, and
by far the smallest number in any year since 1891. The
notifications of each of the scheduled diseases during the nine
years 1890-98, are set out in the subjoined table.
Year.
Small-pox.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Enteric Fever.
Typhus Fever.
Other Continued
Fevers.
Puerperal Fever.
Erysipelas.
Croup.
Cholera.
Relapsing Fever.
Total.
1890 60 15,330 5,870 2877 35 237 206 4598 550 25 7 29,795
1891 114 11,398 5,907 3372 27 152 221 4764 505 23 39 26,522
1892 423 27,096 7,7912465 20 147 347 6934 565 54 7 45,849
1893 2813 36,901 13,026 3663 22 205 397 9700 668 86 4 67,485
1894 1192 18,440 10,655 3360 21 162 253J6O8O 535 21 2 40,925
1895 978 19,757 10,772 3506 14 105 236 5660 451 29 3 41,511
1896 225 25,638 13,361 3189 6 102 278 6438 446 13 3 49,699
1897 105 22,876 12,8113113 4 65 264 5801 388 38 1 45,465
1898 35 16,917 11,561 3032 17 55 25015180 310 23 ... 37.380
Note.—The form for table "B," on page 80 was prepared
by the Local Government Board in order that a "tabular
statement of infectious sickness should be made in all districts
on a uniform plan:" the table, which is based on the infectious
disease register, is required to be appended to the annual
report of the Medical Officer of Health.