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On April 4th, Alice Cunningham, aged 26, was removed from 8, North
Block, Peabody's Buildings, to the Hospital suffering from Small Pox.
Measles.
The number of deaths was 151, or 25 less than in the preceding year.
47 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .80 per 1,000.
23 occurred in the St. George's District, or at the rate of .45 per 1,000.
56 occurred in the Mile End District, or at the rate of .48 per 1,000.
25 occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .31 per 1,000.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the rate of .48 per 1,000
of the population. The death-rate for the whole of London was .37.
The infant class-rooms of three schools were closed for a period of a
fortnight during the year on account of the prevalence of Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
1,771 cases were notified, of which 1,646, or nearly 93 per cent., were
removed to the various Fever Hospitals.
429 occurred in the Limehouse District, with 24 deaths.
190 occurred in the St. George's District, with 5 deaths.
689 occurred in the Mile End District, with 21 deaths
463 occurred in the Whitechapel District, with 11 deaths.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was 19 per 1,000, while that
for the whole of London was 12 per 1,000.
The number of cases notified gradually increased week by week, from
18 in the second week in June, to 64 in the third week in August. There
was a sudden drop for two weeks, and then the numbers gradually rose to
the maximum for the year, which was 68 in the fourth week in September.
Afterwards the number gradually declined until the end of the year. I
found on investigating the matter that a large number of the cases were
notified from the neighbourhood of Montague Street and Wentworth Street.
As a result of an anonymous communication, I visited College Buildings
and examined the children resident therein. I discovered one boy
whose skin was in a peeling condition. A Doctor had been attending