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landed, they were brought to 64, White chapel Road. Two other families who had
been in contact with the patient were taken to the shipping agent's receiving house
in Crellin Street. One family consisted of eleven people and the other of nine people.
These twenty-three people (which included three from 64, Whitechapel Road) were
taken to the Council's Shelter and were kept under supervision during the incubation
period. As they were transmigrants and not ratepayers, I insisted that they should
be fed at the shipping agent's expense, which was done.
Scarlet Fever.
498 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year, or 478 less than in the
previous year. 475 were removed to the various Fever Hospitals.
98 belonged to the Lime house District, with 2 deaths.
84 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 3 deaths.
188 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 5 deaths.
128 belonged to the White chapel District, with 2 deaths.
The death rate for the Borough was .03 per 1,000 of the population, while that
for the whole of London was .04 per 1,000.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
352 cases were notified during the year, or 139 less than in the previous year,
and 336 were removed to Fever Hospitals.
79 belonged to the Lime house District, with 6 deaths, which is equivalent
to a death rate of .10 per 1,000 of the population.
88 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 10 deaths, which is equivalent
to a death rate of .18 per 1,000 of the population.
118 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 10 deaths, which is equivalent
to a death rate of .08 per 1,000 of the population.
67 belonged to the White chapel District, with 7 deaths, which is equivalent
to a death rate of .08 per 1,000 of the population.
The death rate throughout the Borough was .10 per 1,000 of the population.
The death rate for the whole of London was .09 per 1,000.