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rate of 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. The number of
deaths from this disease during the preceding year was
77. In London there were 1,807 deaths, equivalent
to a rate of 0'43 per 1,000 inhabitants, the average
annual rate during the preceding decennium (18811890)
having been 0.64.
Scarlet Fever caused 7 deaths—5 in St. Mary's
and 2 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an
annual rate of 0.06 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 0.05 in the preceding year. 259 cases—209 in
St. Mary's and 50 in St. John's Sub-district—were
notified during the year to the Sanitary Department.
149 cases—124 from St. Mary's and 25 from St.
John's Sub-district—were removed to Hospital, 110
cases—85 in St. Mary's and 25 in St. John's Subdistrict—being
treated at home.
In London there were 589 deaths, equivalent to
an annual rate of 0.14 per 1,000 inhabitants, the
average annual rate during the preceding decennium
having been 0.34.
Diphtheria caused 27 deaths in Paddington—19
in St. Mary's and 8 in St. John's Sub-district—as
compared with 45 in the preceding year. The rate
was 0.23 per 1,000 inhabitants.
184 cases—159 in St. Mary's and 25 in St. John's
Sub-district—were notified to the Sanitary Department.
71 of these cases—59 from St. Mary's and 12