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POOR RELIEF.
Total amount expended in out-relief in llford during
the year, £2,070 7s. 9d.
Number of persons in receipt of
out-relief during the year 793
Admissions to Workhouse 186
„ Infirmary 178
364
made up as follows:—
Men 133
Women 132
Children 99
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
During 1914, 607 cases were notified as compared with
643 in 1913 and 666 in 1912. Of these, 18 cases were
notified as occurring in Claybury Asylum and 28 cases in the
Village Homes, Barkingside.
Small-Pox.
No case was notified during the year. The Vaccination
Officer informs me that 774 primary vaccinations were performed
during the year. Only half the children born during
the year were vaccinated. I commented on this unfortunate
state of things in my report for 1913 and I consider it my
duty to emphasize it again.
Scarlet Fever.
194 cases of this disease were notified during the year.
Only once during the last 13 years has a smaller number
been notified. Not only has the disease much diminished in
frequency, but it has prevailed in a mild form and during
the year there were no deaths from the disease.
Diphtheria.
There were 125 cases of this disease notified during the
year, with four deaths. Owing to the extent to which the