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year. This is about the same proportion. There were 14
deaths, 8 at Hospital and 6 at home. This gives death rates
of 4.3 at home and 3.7 at Hospital.
Last year the death rate was 3.0 both at home and Hospital.
In 1894 it was 3.3 at home, 4.8 in Hospital; 1893, 4 0 at home,
and 8 0 in Hospital. Although tbe death rate was ratber more
in 1896 than in 1895, it was considerably less than in the three
preceding years.
18. Table IV. gives the cases occurring in each of the eight
wards into which Plumstead is divided. The number affected
per 1,000 population varied from 7.9 in the North-West Ward,
7.8 in the West, 7.0 in the South and South-East, to 5.2 in the
North, 4.8 in the East, 3.9 in the South-West, and 2.8 in the
North-East.
From Table 5 it appears that Ancona Road, Bloomfield Road,
and Burrage Grove Schools were most affected, Plumstead
Road and Eglinton Road the least.
19. Age incidence.—114 of the cases were under 5 years of
age, and 238 over 5. But of the deaths 12 were under 5 and
only 2 over 5. That is, the case death rate was 10.5
under 5 years of age and only 0 8 over 5. These figures indicate
the large number of lives saved by preventive measures
which postpone the occurrence of Scarlet Fever, if they do not
always prevent it altogether.
20. Doubtful Cases.—I saw two doubtful cases in consultation
with the medical attendants. In both cases I confirmed
the diagnosis of Scarlet Fever. One had been mixing freely
with the family, the disease not being suspected to be infectious.
Another case in which I believe the friends had not
suspected the true nature of the malady, was a boy sent home