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Of deaths under the age of 1 year there were 106 to 1,000
births, or at the rate of 1 to 9.
Zymotic diseases caused 1 death, or at the rate of .13 per
1,000. Typhoid Fever 1 death, Puerperal Fever 1 death, Diarrhoea
3 deaths, Phthisis 5 deaths. During the year there were certified
10 cases of Scarlet Fever, 1 case of Diphtheria, 3 cases of
Typhoid Fever, 1 case of Puerperal Fever, and 7 cases of
Erysipelas.
The low death-rate and the small mortality from Zymotic
disease are causes for satisfaction, and indicate an improved
sanitary condition of the district.
THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The wisdom of the late Board, under the chairmanship of Dr.
Stiven, in providing this Hospital, has been amply justified by the
results. Cases of infectious disease are now promptly isolated, and
outbreaks that might have developed into epidemics have been
speedily suppressed. So long, however, as London remains
inadequately supplied with means for isolating its infectious cases,
Harrow, like all other places in the Home Counties, will remain in
constant danger of invasion. Should this state of things be
allowed to continue, it may be necessary that joint representations
should be made to the Government by the Local Authorities of the
districts affected with a view to its speedy amelioration. The
generous provision which the Council has made for the treatment
and comfort of the patients, and the devotion with which the head
nurse and her helpers have performed their difficult and trying
duties, have made the Hospital popular with the inhabitants of the
town. The fact that no death has occurred in the institution is
highly satisfactory.
DAIRIES AND DAIRY FARMS.
There has been a steady improvement in the condition of these
places during the year, and in the cases where the requirements of
the Council are fulfilled they will be licensed. A considerable
portion of the milk supply of the town comes from outside the
district, and it is necessary to guard against danger from this
source.