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Parish of Wandsworth.
to districts the vaccination officer of which had been
duly apprised, 94 had removed to places unknown, 48
remained on the hooks as unvaccinated, while in
respect of 12 certificates of conscientious objection had
been received.
The percentages of unvaccinated during the year is
slightly less than in the two preceding years, viz. 12.13
compared with 15.8 and 13.4. It will be interesting to
compare the 1897 return, in which the conscientious
objector first appears, with the return for 1898.
During the year 277 cases of Scarlet fever
Scarlet Fever.
were notified, a large decrease compared
with the year previous, when 501 cases were notified.
This number would have been less had it not been for
an outbreak of this disease in the Royal Patriotic Asylum
in the month of December. Of the total number
of cases notified from the above institution, viz. 117,48
were received during December, and the rest in
January, 1899.
Of these 277 cases, 143 or 51.6 per cent. were
removed to the Asylum Board hospitals, where seven
died, and 134 or 48 4 per cent. remained at home, with
only one death. The total case mortality was 28.8
per cent. compared with 2.39 per cent. in 1897, 3.75 per
cent. in 1896, 1.63 per cent. in 1895, and 2.25 per cent.
in 1894.
The mortality of the cases treated at home was
only .75 per cent., while of the hospital treated cases
the mortality was uearly 4.9 per cent. or more than six
times higher.
Of the seven deaths, only two were registered as
being due to Scarlet Eever alone, three to post Scarlatinal
Diphtheria, and two to Meningitis following
Scarlet Fever.