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B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.
The details respecting the 931 notifications of infectious disease
received by me 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 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 below indicates the number of notifications of scarlet fever,
diphtheria, enteric fever, and erysipelas in each week.
One hundred and eighteen visits were paid in connection with
doubtful cases, contacts, children returning from fever hospitals, &c.
Small-pox.—There were 31 notifications of this disease in London
in 1906; none of these were in Westminster.
Twenty-three persons were notified as having been in contact with
cases of small-pox elsewhere than in the City, and these were kept
under observation. Two persons suspected to be suffering from smallpox
were seen by me at the request of their medical attendants. Five
chicken-pox contacts were also notified by Port Sanitary Authorities.

The following is a summary of the total primary vaccinations
performed in the City during 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904. 1905 and 1906,
and of re-vaccinations, in so far as these were made by the Public
Vaccinators:—
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