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Notifiable
Diseases,
VI.-PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
4,747 notifications of infectious disease were received, or 143 more than in
the previous year:—
1,148 belonged to Limehouse.
982 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
1,735 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
882 belonged to Whitechapel.
2,948 were removed for treatment to fever hospitals and institutions.
The rate for the whole Borough was 210 per 1,000 of the population.
Scarlet fever.
1,206 cases were notified during the year, or 275 more than in the previous
year.
272 belonged to Limehouse, with 2 deaths.
270 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 1 death.
402 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 1 death.
262 belonged to Whitechapel, with 1 death.
1,201 were removed to hospital.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .02 per 1,000 of the population,
while that for the whole of London was also .02 per 1,000.
Diphtheria.
591 cases were notified during the year, or 144 less than in the previous
year.
164 belonged to Limehouse, with 4 deaths.
112 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 5 deaths.
213 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 6 deaths.
102 belonged to Whitechapel, with 2 deaths.
582 were removed to hospital.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was '07 per 1,000 of the population,
while that for the whole of London was .06 per 1,000.
Anti-
Diphtheritic
Serum.
This serum is supplied on request to the general medical practitioners of
the Borough. During the year, 41 tubes each containing 4,000 units were
issued from the Public Health Offices.
Enteric
Fever.
There was a reduction in the number of cases of Enteric Fever during
the year. There were only 5 cases notified and these occurred at different
periods and in various parts of the Borough. 1 belonged to St. George-in-theEast
and 4 to Mile End Old Town. On going carefully into the cases there