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12. Plumstead compared with other Sanitary Districts.—
Plum stead had a lower death-rate than any of the 33 large
towns with the exception of West Ham, Croydon, Cardiff and
Huddersfield; Croydon and Huddersfield alone had a lower
infantile death-rate.
Of the forty-three sanitary areas of the Metropolis, eight
had a lower death-rate, namely, Lewisham, Lee, Wandsworth,
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Stoke Newington, Hampstead, St.
George's, Hanover Square, and Paddington. Twelve areas
had a lower infantile death-rate. In 1897 it will be remembered
Plumstead had the lowest infantile death-rates of
all the sanitary areas.
When a correction for sex and age distribution of the population
is applied, Plumstead takes a much higher place as
regards the general death-rate. Its place was thus raised in
1897 from sixth to third.
13. Small Pox.—There were no cases of small pox notified
as last year. In 1896 there were 3. The new Vaccination
Act appears to be working satisfactorily. There were 427
vaccinations in the first three months of the current year.
14. Scarlet Fever.—There were 423 cases of Scarlet Fever
notified, compared with 61, 584, 527, 480, 328, 352 and 372 in
the seven preceding years.
This shews that there has been a slow but steady increase
of cases since 1895.
15. 328 cases went to Hospital compared with 215 and 233
in the two preceding years.
16. There were 12 deaths, 3 at home and 9 at Hospital,
giving death-rates of 31 per cent, at home and 2.7 at Hospital.