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having been only 5 deaths, the same as last year, with six notifications
as against 14 for 1895.
In the case of enteric fever there is an improvement in Bow's
record, there having only been 4 deaths as against 6 for last year. In
the whole of London there were 564 deaths with a rate of 0.13, as
against 0.09 for Bow. The notifications numbered 3190, and they
fell in East London as follows:—Shoreditch, 117, 17 deaths;
Bethnal Green, 129, 20; Whitechapel, 62, 9; St. George's, 35, 5;
Limehouse, 27, 3; Mile End, 113, 16; Poplar, 124, 26.
There were during the year in Bow 33 notifications, as against 38
in 1895 and 45 in 1894.
The record of deaths stands :—
Bow—1880 2
1881 2
1882 13
1883 11
1884 9
1885 5
1886 4
1887 8
1888 15
1889 4
1890 9
1891 12
1892 10
1893 15
1894 7
1895 6
1896 4
No cases of relapsing fever occurred, and there were six cases of
continued fever, none of which proved fatal.
With regard to puerperal fever the record is not at all satisfactory.
Two cases were notified in 1895, but there were no deaths. In 1896
four cases were notified, three of which proved fatal. In the whole
of London there were 277 notifications of this disease, the record for
the Eastern District being—Shoreditch, 3; Bethnal Green, 12; Whitechapel,
2; St. George's, 2; Limehouse, 4; Mile End, 5; and Poplar, 7.