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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 and Bishop’s show the highest and Tulse Hill and
Norwood the lowest, zymotic death-rates.
During the year 1913, under the Notification Clauses of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 3,531 cases of Infectious
Diseases were reported, including the newly-notifiable
cerebro-spinal meningitis 7, polio-myelitis acuta 6,
ophthalmia neonatorum 57 and whooping cough 1,428.
The yearly averages of notification certifiates received
during the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910
(Borough) are respectively 2,658.4 and 1,912.5. Of the
total 3,531 cases notified during 1913, 1753, i.e., 49.6 per
cent., were removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board
or to other Hospitals, and 1,778, i.e., 50.4 per cent., remained
under treatment at their homes.
If the newly-notifiable diseases, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
polio-myelitis acuta, ophthalmia neonatorum and whooping
cough be excluded, the percentage of cases removed to
Hospital for isolation and treatment durng 1913 was 81.6
—a good average when compared with the following last
4 quinquennial averages (also exclusive of the special
diseases mentioned above), i.e., since the compulsory notification
of infectious diseases came into force under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 1891-5, 31.5; 18961900,
54.7; 1901-1905, 67.9; and 1906-10, 82.8.
Taking the total number of notified cases 1(3,531) of
infectious diseases, the zymotic incidence* throughout the
Borough for 1913 is 9.7 per 1,000 population (13.3 Inner and
J Hb' Whooping Cough, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Polio-myelitis
Acuta, Cerebro spinal Meningitis are included in the 1913 figures.
Excluding them, the incidence rate for 1913, is 68 for the
Borough.