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To obviate any fallacious conclusions, the diseases are
separately dealt with.
SCARLET FEVER.
One hundred and thirty-seven notifications were received
and two deaths occurred. As may be inferred from a case
fatality of l.5 per cent., most of the cases exhibited very mild
symptoms. On one occasion 5 children were found attending
school in the peeling stage of the disease. In other instances,
when the history of a case was being investigated, other children
were found in the same house who had suffered from the disease,
but in so mild a form that no doctor was called in attendance.
DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
Fifty-one cases of Diphtheria were notified, and 4 deaths
were registered as caused by the disease.
Ward Distribution—
Thirty-one notifications were received from the North
Ward, 10 from the East Ward, and 10 from the West Ward.
There is a large increase in the North Ward, and this is
entirely accounted for by an outbreak which occurred in the
Willesden Junction district during the latter portion of the year.
In recent years, the Northern portion of the district had been
comparatively free of Diphtheria, and the disease was much
more prevalent in the East and West Wards. The same course
of events was observed during the earlier part of 1905. Up to
the end of July, 20 cases were notified, and of these 10 were
from the West Ward and 8 from the East Ward. Between
August 1st and December 31st, 29 cases were reported, and 26
of these were from the North Ward—-19 living in the Willesden
Junction district.