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not contain the name of a relative or friend, the name and address
of the relative or friend on the "Delivery Note " are furnished.
By Order, W. F. JEBB, Clerk.
Chief Offices of the Board,
Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.
30th March, 1886.
Note.—The Regulations dated 1st March and 21st June, 1884, are
rescinded.
SCARLET FEVER.
(Decennial average, 111.8).
The Scarlet Fever cases reported to us during the year were
131 in number. The disease proved fatal to 62 persons, 38 less
than last year ; 46 were infants and young children. The Registrar
General, in his annual report for 1885, notes this diminution of
Scarlet Fever mortality all over London, and suggests as a not
impossible explanation that it may be due to the increasing use of
public hospitals for cases of this disease,—in other words, to improved
isolation.
FEVERS.
(Decennial average, 43.7).
The various forms of Fever were responsible for twenty-one
deaths, less than half the decennial average. Enteric Fever caused
fifteen deaths, Typhus one, and Simple Fever five.
One hundred and ninety-eight cases of the various forms of
Fever (including Scarlet Fever) were reported to us; 150 were
removed to hospital, 21 died, 135 recovered, and 21 remained
under treatment at the end of the year.
The following table shews the infectious cases reported during
each month of the year, the numbers of those admitted to hospital,
and the termination of the latter cases.