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The comparative prevalence and fatality of diphtheria during
recent years in Fulham, the adjoining boroughs, and London,
will be seen in the two following tables, which give the rates of
incidence and mortality of the disease in the several localities.

TABLE XXX VI.
Cases notified per 1,000 Inhabitants.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
Av'rage
for
10 years
1891-01
1901
Fulham
0.7
1.0
2.2
3.1
3.4
3.0
3.2
3.8
4.0
4.7
2.9
4.7
Kensington
2.2
1.0
2.1
1.6
2.2
2.1
1.9
1.2
1.5
1.9
1.8
1.6
Hammersmith
2.9
2.7
2.7
1.7
1.8
2.1
1.5
1.5
1.8
2.3
2.1
2.0
Chelsea
1.0
2.2
2.7
2.8
3.6
5.7
3.2
2.0
2.5
2.0
30
1.5
London
1.4
1.9
3.0
2.4
2.5
3.1
3.0
2.6
3.0
2.6
2.5
2.7
School Influences.
Both Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever being especially diseases
of children, we must expect that the daily aggregation of such
individuals will tend to widen their prevalence, especially as, not
infrequently, the disease being of a mild type, children actually
suffering have been found to be attending school.
The following tables give the number of children in actual
attendance at each school who were notified in each month as
suffering from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—