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466 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 11.8 per 1,000
of the population.
1,132 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 11.1 per 1,000
of the population.
528 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 10.4 per 1,000
of the population.
2,504 were removed for treatment to fever hospitals and infirmaries.
Wrong Diagnosis.
231 cases of infectious disease removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board Hospitals, were subsequently returned home, because the patients
were found not to be suffering from the disease stated on the certificates,
or from any other notifiable disease.
104 of the cases were notified by private practitioners, 55 from the
London Hospital, and 72 from other Public Institutions.
This number referred to 98 cases of Scarlet Fever, 132 of Diphtheria,
and 1 of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Bacteriological Examinations.
1771 bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Public
Health Department during the year. The specimens and the results were as
follows:—
Positive. Negative. Total.
Swabs (for Diohtheria bacilli) 152 1604 1756
Blood (for Typhoid bacilli) 4 11 15
Small Pox.
4 cases of Small Pox were notified during the year. 1 belonged to
Limehouse and 3 to Mile End.
Scarlet Fever.
1324 cases were notified during the year, or 396 more than in the previous
year:—
294 belonged to the Limehouse District, with 2 deaths.
238 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 1 death.
548 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 1 death.
244 belonged to the Whitechapel District, with 1 death.
1313 were removed to fever hospitals.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .02 per 1,000 of the population;
that for the whole of London was .02 per 1,000