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Notifiable Diseases.
3,905 notifications were received, or 109 less than in the previous year,
and 3,462 were removed to fever hospitals and infirmaries.
081 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 13.2 per
1,000 of the population.
690 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 17.0 per
1,000 of the population.
1,623 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 15.7 per
1,000 of the population.
911 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 16.9 per
1,000 of the population.
Wrong: Diagnosis.
195 cases of Infectious Diseases were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospitals, which were subsequently returned home in consequence
of the patients found not to be suffering from the diseases stated
on the certificates, or any other notifiable disease.
137 of the cases were notified by private practitioners, 26 from the
London Hospital, and 32 from other Public Institutions.
This number referred to 69 cases of Scarlet Fever, 125 of Diphtheria,
and 1 of Enteric Fever.
Small-Pox.
The district was entirely free from Small-Pox during the year.
Scarlet Fever.
1,996 cases were notified during the year, or 415 less than in the previous
year; 1,970 were removed to fever hospitals.
299 belonged to the Limehouse District, with 9 deaths.
390 ,, St. George-in-the-East, with 3 deaths.
768 ,, Mile End Old Town, with 9 deaths.
539 ,, the Whitechapel District, with 2 deaths.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the annual rate of .09 per
1,000 of the population, while that for the whole of London was .06 per
1,000.