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Parish of Wandsworth.
(8).—T. D., 5 years of age, male, Southfields Road.
Notified on the 28th October. Removed on the 28th but
returned from Wharf Hospital same day, the medical
officer there reporting it to be chicken-pox and not
small-pox.
In cases 4, 5, 6, 7, all the necessary precautions
were at once taken to prevent a spread of the disease,
and in none of the cases was there any spread of the
disease from the notified cases.
The official return of the vaccination officer for this
parish for the year 1894 shows, that of 1632 births
registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1894,
1334 were successfully vaccinated, nine were certified as
being insusceptible of vaccination, 108 died unvaccinated,
in 21 the vaccination was postponed, nine had removed
to districts the vaccination officer of which had been
duly apprised, 130 had removed to places unknown, and
21 remained on the books as unvaccinated.
Scarlet Fever.
184 cases of this disease were notified as
compared with 133 in 1894. Of these 184, 90 were
removed to hospital, where three deaths occurred, while
of the remaining 94 treated at home, no eases died.
The total case mortality was only 1.63, while in 1894
the mortality was 2.25 per cent. The disease was consequently
of a markedly mild type. The maximum
number of notifications was received in the month of
November, when 29 cases were notified, and the next
highest number of notifications, viz , 28, in March.
Diphtheria.
The number of notifications of this disease
shows a marked diminution as compared with 1894, only
60 cases being notified as compared with 110. Of these
60 cases, 21 were removed to hospital, where three died,
while of the 39 treated at home, three died, a total death