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District.
since the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act came into
force in 1890.
Small Pox.
There were two deaths from small pox,
both in hospital, one from Clapham and one from Wandsworth,
as to which in the local reports particulars will
be found. There has been no death since 1893 from this
disease when there was one in hospital. The number of
cases notified in 1895 was 15, whereas in 1894 only
one was notified. In London there was a fall in the
amount of small pox from 1894, the deaths being 89 and
55 respectively.
Scarlet Fever.
The deaths were 15 in number, eight
occurring in hospital. This was fewer by four than in the
preceding year, and was 52 less than in 1893. The number
of notifications—659, shows a fall of 14 from 1894.
We append a chart showing the number of cases notified in
each month. From this it is seen that there was a rise in
the number in March, followed by a fall in April; a
gradual rise then till July, followed by a fall in August;
a further rise in September continued till the end of the
year, and reaching its maximum in December (82 cases).
The fall in August was associated with the school holidays
as to time. The number removed to hospital was 371, or
54.7 per cent of the whole, rather a smaller proportion
than in 1894. There was a great strain thrown on the
hospital accommodation again in 1895, the available beds
being all occupied by July 13th, after which date there
was difficulty and delay in getting the sick removed, the
difficulty reaching its height in November.
In connection with this difficulty we would repeat
what we said in a former report, that it would be a
great improvement to place the selection of cases considered
to be urgent in regard to their surroundings in
the hands of the officials of the sanitary authorities.
The arrangtment in force is practically in accordance