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The annual table showing the number of new cases of sickness
coming to my knowledge during each week of the year deserves a
brief perusal. The notifications as a whole show a great reduction
on the previous year. In the 13th week a record was established,
not a single case being reported; in the 18th there was only one of
diphtheria; and in the 21st only two, erysipelas and diphtheria;
precisely the same return was made in the 47th week; in nine weeks
there were three cases only each week, and the highest number in
any one week was thirteen, which happened on two occasions, the
14th and 44th weeks; in the first of these there were eight cases of
scarlet fever, and in the second cases there were four scarlet fever
and four typhoid. This is in many respects a remarkable return.
The following Table shows the health conditions of Bow, as compared
with those of London at various periods during the year.