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B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.
During the 52 weeks of 1904, 887 notifications of infectious disease
were received by me. The details respecting them are set out in the
Local Government Board's Return (Table XIV.), which also shows the
number treated in hospital as well as the number of deaths.
The number of cases of each disease notified in London since 1890
are shown in Table XII., together with cases notified during the same
period in the different divisions which, with some modifications, now
form the City. These figures are exclusive of chicken-pox, of which
there were 74l cases in 1902, 5 in 1903, and 179 for 1904, exclusive of
duplicate notifications.
The notifications were lower in number in the City than in any year
since notification began to be required
The charts on p. 29 indicate the number of notifications of
scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, erysipelas, and small-pox in
each week in the City and county.
Seventeen persons notified as suffering from scarlet fever, 23
from diphtheria, 5 from enteric fever, and 1 from continued fever,
were eventually stated not to be suffering from the disease notified.
Besides these, a number of doubtful cases were seen by me in
consultation with the medical attendant. In addition, 1 case of
scarlet fever and 1 of enteric fever were not notified.
One medical man was cautioned for failing to notify a case of
scarlet fever.
Several persons were cautioned for improperly moving patients to
hospitals after they had been informed of the nature of the case.

From the above Table it is evident that the City suffered but
slightly from this disease during 1904. In the early part of
January 3 cases were notified; these were the concluding numbers