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Similar conclusions are obtainable by comparing the
zymotic death-rates (corrected) for the different new Wards,
as shewn in Tables D(2) and H(2), from which it is seen
that, of the 9 Wards into which the Borough is divided,
Marsh shows the highest and Herne Hill and Norwood the
lowest, zymotic death-rates.
During the year 1912, under the Notification Clauses of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1,332 cases of Infectious
Diseases were reported, including the newly-notifiable
cerebro-spinal meningitis 7, polio-myelitis acuta 10, and
ophthalmia neonatorum 76. The yearly averages of notification
certificates received during the two decennia 18911900
(Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough) are respectively
2,658.4 and 1,912.5. Of the total 1,332 cases notified
during 1912, 1,012, i.e., 72.9 per cent., were removed to
the Hospitals of the Asylums Board or to other Hospitals,
and 320, i.e., 24.1 per cent., remained under treatment at
their homes.
If the newly-notifiable diseases, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
polio-myelitis acuta, and ophthalmia neonatorum be excluded,
the percentage of cases removed to Hospital for
isolation and treatment during 1912 was 80.9—a good
average when compared with the following last 4
quinquennial averages (also exclusive of the special diseases
mentioned above), since the compulsory notification of
infectious diseases came into force under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 1891-5, 31.5; 1896-1900, 54.7; 19011905,
67.9; and 1906-10, 82.8.
Taking the total number of notified cases (1,332) of infectious
diseases, the zymotic incidence throughout the Borough
for 1912 is 4.5 per 1,000 population (4.9 Inner and
4.1 Outer Districts) as compared with two decennial
averages 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1891-1900 (Parish) of
6.1 and 9.04 respectively. During 1912, the highest incidence
rate is 5.1 (Bishop's), and the lowest 3.9 (Brixton).