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this parish the Sanitary Committee have accordingly
recommended the addition of Measles. By the Act
both the medical practitioner and head of the family are
required to notify the occurrence of the disease. As
this Act only came into force on October 30th, 1889,
the statistics of its working in Paddington will not be
available until the end of the current year. Suffice it
to say, that in each case notified, an investigation,
if necessary, of the sanitary condition of the premises
is made by the Sanitary Department.
Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox caused no death in Paddington, nor did
any case come under the notice of the Sanitary
Department. In London only 1 death occurred, being
the lowest number on record since civil registration
was instituted.
Measles caused 11 deaths, all of which occurred
in St. Mary's Sub-district, and were equivalent to an
annual rate of 0.09 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.53 per 1,000 inhabitants,
the average annual rate in the preceding decennium
having been 0.60.
Scarlet Fever caused 8 deaths, all of which occurred
in St. Mary's Sub-district, and were equivalent to an
annual rate of 0.07 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 0.12 per 1,000 in the preceding year. The
annual average number of deaths during the preceding
decennium was 28. 121 cases were removed to