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Reference to Table III. at the end of the report
will show:—
Firstly, cases notified in the whole District, with
the ages of incidence and the nature of the
Infectious Disease.
Secondly, the total number of cases (and nature
of the disease) in each locality.
Thirdly, the number of cases removed from each
locality to the Isolation Hospital.
Infantile Summer Diarrhœa.
During the year 21 deaths occurred from Infantile
Summer Diarrhoea, as compared with 28 in 1903, 39 in
1904, 24 in 1905, 71 in 1906, and 40 last year. This
gives a rate of 0.36 per thousand of population, as against
0.79 last year.
Reference to Table XIII. in the appendix will show
the circumstances, feeding, and family history of the
victims to this, to some large extent, preventable disease
in 1908, and Table XIV. will show the parishes and
roads (or streets) invaded during the past seven years.
Scarlet Fever.
During the year a considerable decrease took place
in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever which were
notified, viz., 209 as against 317 in 1907. Of this
number 27 occurred in the Holborn Union Schools in
the parish of Mitcham. If these 27 cases are not taken
into consideration, it will be seen that the decrease is
even more marked. One hundred and thirty five cases
were removed to the Isolation Hospital.