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ceived from the Clerk of the Asylums Board that the
patient had been admitted into their hospital.
The usual steps were taken to disinfect the room, bedding
etc., and fortunately the disease did not spread.
2. Measles (decennial average 30.3). The 17 deaths of
children from this disease were considerably below the
average and the number (41) recorded in the preceding
year; on the other hand, the 3,291 deaths from it in all
London were largely in excess of the average.
3. Scarlet-fever (decennial average 14.6). 128 cases
of scarlet fever were notified under the Act. The deaths
were 8, against 20, 4, and 4 in the three preceding years
respectively.
The Registrar-General states,"for seven consecutive
years the mortality from scarlet-fever has been largely below
the previous average, and though it would be rash to assert
that this reduction is certainly due to the increased facilities
afforded by the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals, it is at
any rate a noteworthy fact that the reduction has occurred
simultaneously with a constantly increasing use of those
hospitals for cases of this disease."
A large percentage of the patients attacked in this
district were removed and treated at the Western Fever
Hospital, Fulham.
The annual reports of the Chairman and the Ambulance
Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, show that
the total number of scarlet-fever patients removed from the
several London districts amounted to 6,538, of whom 510
died, a mortality of 7.8 per cent.
4. Whooping-Cough (decennial average 27.l). The 17
deaths of children under 5 years of age were 10 below the