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notifications.
In Table 10, last year's figures for the three Registration Sub-Districts are given, with
the departures from the decennial averages (corrected for changes of population, and
adjusted to nearest whole numbers) and the percentage changes from the averages.
With the exception of typhus fever (the case reported last year was erroneously
diagnosed) and continued fever—all diseases show satisfactory reductions in prevalence
—including scarlet fever. The most noteworthy reductions are those of smallpox (82
per cent. for the Borough), diphtheria and membranous croup (jointly 44 per cent.),
enteric fever (47 per cent.) and puerperal fever (70 per cent.). Contrasting the figures
for the Borough with those for the Metropolis it is seen that while the total notifications
for the year in the Borough were 33 per cent. below the average, those in the
Metropolis were 40 per cent. below. The returns for the several diseases, except
scarlet fever, showed greater reductions below the respective averages in the Borough than
in the Metropolis. In the case of scarlet fever, last year's cases in the Borough (414) were
25 per cent. below the average, those in the Metropolis (12,545) 42 per cent. below.
In Table 11 the cases have been tabulated according to the sex and age of the patient.
The numbers of cases of the more important diseases reported each week are shown on
the Chart facing this page.

* Per 1,000 individuals of each sex.