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by drowning, while 8 resulted in verdicts of “found
dead.”
Of the 136 deaths which occurred in Public Insitutions
96 occurred in Cane Hill Asylum in Coulsdon, 17
of which, or nearly 18 per cent. were due to pulmonary
consumption, 38 occurred in the Holborn Union Workhouse
in Mitcham, of which 1 was due to pulmonary
consumption, while one death from measles occurred in
the Holborn Union Schools in Mitcham, and one death
from scarlet fever in the Reedham Asylum in Coulsdon.
4. ZYMOTIC DISEASE, ISOLATION, AND
DISINFECTION.
The diseases which are notifiable in the district are
all those scheduled in the Infectious Diseases (Notification)
Act, 1889, and Measles, which was added to the
list in July, 1890.
During the last six months of the year 351 cases of
disease have been notified, of which 105 occurred in
public institutions, and which, if deducted, leave a total
of 246 ; or in other words, nearly 1 out of every 112 persons
living suffered from notifiable infectious disease.
Small-pox.—No case of small-pox occurred.
Scarlet Fever.—This disease has been very prevalent
throughout the district, the only parishes which were
free from it, being Morden and Woodmansterne. In all,
256 cases occurred, 172 of which were in private houses,
the remainder, 84, beiner in various public institutions.
The incidence of the disease in the various parishes
affected was as follows:—