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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
During 1905 there were notified 446 cases of infection
diseases
„ 1904 „ „ 508 „
„ 1903 „ „ 364 „
„ 1902 „ „ 738 „
„ 1901 „ „ 437 „
„ 1900 „ „ 356
From the institutions in the district the following cases
have been notified:—
Village Homes. Claybury Asylum. West Ham Asylum.
Scarlet Fever 82. Erysipelas 2. Erysipelas 1.
Diphtheria 3.
So that deducting the infectious cases occuring in the
Public Institutions leaves a grand total of 358. When the
increase in population is taken into consideration, also the
growth of the number of schools with the increased number
of children of susceptible ages, this result speaks well for the
control exercised and the measures taken for limiting the
spread of these diseases.
SCARLET FEVER.
At the begining of 1905 Scarlet Fever was very prevalent
in the Village Homes, and altogether 82 cases were notified
at the begining of the year from that source. The attacks
were cod fined to the Houses and there was no spread in the
neighbourhood.
Deducting these 82 cases leave 206 which were notified
from the district proper, and of the these 4 died giving a
death-rate .06 per 1,000 living.