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Notifiable Diseases.
1,956 notifications of infectious diseases were received, or 168 more than
in the previous year. 1,625 were removed for treatment to fever hospitals and
infirmaries:—
395 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 7'37 per 1,000
of the population.
383 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 9.24 per 1,000
of the population.
698 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 6.59 per 1,000
of the population.
480 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 8.69 per 1,000
of the population.
Wrong Diagnosis.
125 cases of infectious disease were removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board Hospitals, which were subsequently returned home because the patients
were found not to be suffering from the disease stated on the certificates, or
from any other notifiable disease.
83 of the cases were notified by private practitioners, 25 from the London
Hospital, and 17 from other Public Institutions.
This number referred to 36 cases of Scarlet Fever, 85 of Diphtheria, 3 of
Enteric Fever, and 1 of Cerebro-Spinal Menineitis.
Bacteriological Examinations.
839 bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Public Health
Department during the year. The specimens and the results were as
follows:—
Positive. Negative. Total.
Swabs (for Diphtheria bacilli) 74 735 809
Blood (for Typhoid bacilli) 2 23 25
Cerebro-spinal fluid 1 3 4
Miscellaneous 1 — 1
Small Pox.
No case of Small Pox was notified during the year. This is the third
year in succession in which no notifications have been received, although one
patient actually suffering from Small Pox landed from a ship which had arrived
at a wharf, for the purpose of consulting a doctor as to his illness.
He was a ship's fireman and had a rash which the doctor thought
resembled that of Small Pox.