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18. Plumstead compared with other sanitary districts.—
Only two of the sanitary areas of the metropolis had a lower
death-rate than Plumstead (see Table VII).
These were Hampstead 116, and Stoke Newington 12.7;
if these were corrected for age and sex distribution, they would
be but slightly lower than Plumstead, which if similarly corrected
would remain unaltered.
Two places only had a lower infantile death-rate, Stoke
Newington and St. Giles.
Six places only had a lower zymotic death-rate. No other
district had fewer cases of Measles and Enteric Fever than
Plumstead, and the death-rate from all the infectious diseases
and from Phthisis was below the average for London, with the
exception of the rate from Scarlet Fever which equalled the
average. As regards death-rate, Zymotic death-rate, infantile
death-rate, and the death-rate from Measles, Diphtheria and
Enteric Fever, Plumstead was decidedly the healthiest district
south of the Thames. None of the 33 large towns had so low
a death rate.
Small Pox.
19. There were no cases of Small Pox notified. There
have been no cases now since 1896. The new vaccination
act is working very satisfactorily. There were 1610
vaccinations (primary) during the year. In the Woolwich
Union there were 3204 vaccinations compared with 2774 in
1898.
Scarlet Fever.
20. There were 707 cases of Scarlet Fever compared
with 61, 584, 527, 480, 328, 352, 372, and 423 in the eight