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Table xiii (Appendix) is a return respecting vaccination
in St. Giles District in 1894, kindly given to me by
Mr. Tayton, the Vaccination Officer appointed by the
Guardians.
2.—Scarlet Fever (decennial average 62 per 1,000).
During 1895 no less than 19,757 cases of scarlet fever
were notified to the several Medical Officers of Health of
the Metropolis, as against 18,440 in 1894, showing an
increase of 7 per cent. ; of these 829 died.
In St. Giles District, during the same period, 163
notifications, including 15 duplicates, were received; 113
of these were removed to hospital, where four of the
patients died.
In the first week of January, the Managers' hospitals
contained 1,779 patients; in the week ending 28th December,
according to the returns of the Metropolitan Asylum and
London Fever Hospitals, there were as many as 2,798 cases
under treatment.
During the second half of the year the disease prevailed
so extensively over the Metropolis, that the Managers
of the Asylums' Board found the greatest difficulty in
providing beds for the numerous patients who sought
admission to their hospitals.
In July the Managers addressed a communication to
the several Sanitary Authorities suggesting "that in the
selection of cases for removal to hospital preference should
be given to these patients who, as a consequence of their
surroundings and conditions of life, are most in need of
hospital treatment."