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B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.
The details respecting the 666 notifications of infectious disease
received by me are set out in the Local Government Board's Return
(Table XII.), 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 XIII., 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 duplicate notifications.
The chart on p. 39 indicates the number of notifications of scarlet
fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, and erysipelas in each week.
A number of doubtful cases were seen by me in consultation with
the medical attendant.
One medical man was prosecuted for failing to notify a case of
scarlet fever forthwith. The patient had been allowed to travel by
rail to his home in Essex without any precautions.
Small-pox.—There were 74 notifications of this disease in London
in 1905; two of these were in Westminster, but one turned out not to
be small-pox.
The total number of persons notified as having been in contact with
cases of small-pox elsewhere than in the City numbered 194, and these
were kept under observation. Several persons suspected to be suffering
from small-pox were seen by me at the request of their medical
attendants.
Vaccination.—The Vaccination Officers have supplied me with the
following particulars for 1904:—

The following is a summary of the total primary vaccinations
performed in the City during 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and
of re-vaccinations, in so far as these were made by the Public
Vaccinators