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TABLE F.
Small Pox
0 per cent., or 0 in 422 deaths.
Measles
23.7 ” 1 in 4.20 c
Scarletina
6.87 ” ”in 14.55 ”
Diphtheria
16.35 ” ” in 611 ”
Whooping Cough
30.33 ,, ,, in 3.27 ”
Typhus Fever
0 ” 0 in 422”
Enteric Fever
4.26 ” ” in 23.44 ”
Simple Fever
0 .23 ” ” in 0.42 ”
Diarrhoea
18.01 ” ” in 5.55 ”
SMALL POX.
(Decennial Average 24.9 deaths).
Seven cases of Small Pox were reported during the year, but no
death occurred amongst our cases, and there were only eight deaths
in the whole of London. This is the sixth year in which the
Metropolis has been practically free from Small Pox. Five of the
reported cases were removed to Hospital, but one of them was
sent back after a few hours detention, with a statement that it was
a case of Chicken Pox and could not be retained. Unfortunately
this child caught true Small Pox, either from the ambulance or
the Hospital, for the disease developed, and within a fortnight the
child was again sent to the Small Pox Hospital, where it
remained until convalescent.
The following is the correspondence on the subject:—
Destry of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
The Vestry Hall,
Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.
23rd April) 1891.
Dear Sir,
I am desired by the Sanitary Committee of this Vestry to
call your attention to the case of R. L. G, an infant aged eight
months. This child was certified to be suffering from Small Pox on