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Zymotic
Mortality.
Only 12 deaths were registered under this
class of diseases, and of these 6 were the result of
whooping cough, no doubt aggravated by complication
This gives us the exceedingly low death-rate from Zymotic
diseases of .73. Only one death has occurred frum
Scarlet Fever. Since the great epidemic wave of Scarlet
Fever which passed over London in 1887, the type of
this disease has been as a rule a very mild one. Asaresult
of this the mortality bears a smaller pioportion to the
total number of cases. In my last year's report I mentioned
that in endeavouring to stamp out this disease, we
required, 1st Notification of all cases, and secondly more
compulsory powers for removal to hospital of those cases
where efficient isolation could not be obtained m their
own houses. It is so far satisfactory that the first step
has been taken, and undoubtless we shall obtain in a
short time the full powers of compulsory removal in cases
where it is necessary. The operation of the Compulsory
Notification Act and the Poor Law Act, 1889, is referred
to in the General Summary.