View report page

5
Small-pox,
Two cases of Small-pox were notified during tlie year. A sailor, aged 52
contracted the disease on board ship, on which other cases had previously occurred.
After his return home, he was removed to the. Small-pox Hospital on the 17th
March and his wife was taken to our shelter in Globe Road. She was kept under
observation, and developed the disease, on 28th March when she was also
removed to the Smallpox Hospital. Both recovered. They had been vaccinated,
in infancy, but had not been re-vaccinated.
Scarlet Fever.
2,411 cases were notified during the year, or 1,423 more than in the previous
year ; 2,376 were removed to fever hospitals.
633 belonged to the Limehouse District, with 2 deaths.
482 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 2 deaths.
922 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 7 deaths.
374 belonged to the Whitechapel District, with 4 deaths.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the annual rate of -05 per
1,000 of the population, or the same as for the whole of London.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
651 cases were notified during the year, or 59 less than in the previous year;
645 were removed to fever hospitals.
117 belonged to the Limehouse District, with 9 deaths.
95 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 7 deaths.
296 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 15 deaths.
143 belonged to the Whitechapel District, with 7 deaths.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the annual rate of T4 per
1,000 of the population, while that for the whole of London was '22 per 1,000.
Enteric Fever.
15 cases were notified, or one half the pumber in the previous year.
1 belonged to the Limehouse District, with no death.
3 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with no deaths.
6 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 3 deaths.
5 belonged to the Whitechapel District, with no deaths.
The death-rate was .01 per 1,000 of the population, or the same as for the
whole of London.