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The following were the numbers of deaths in previous years:—
90 in 1906; 60 in 1905; 65 in 1904 . 55 in 1903 ; 72 in 1902; 74 in
1901; 103 in 1900; and 104 in 1899.
The deaths in the Wards differ considerably. St. James Street Ward
registers 68 eases of Diphtheria, with 7 deaths, while Hoe Street, with
39 cases, has 5 deaths. Scarlatina in St. James Street caused 6 deaths
in 114 attacked, while with 258 attacked in the Northern Ward, there
was no death.
The freedom from mortality in the Wood Street Ward is very noticeable,
as is the total number of deaths in the St. James Street Ward,
compared with the others.
Under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Section 73, "every
medical practitioner attending or called in to visit a patient whom he
believes to be suffering from Lead, Phosphorus, Arsenical or Mercurial
poisoning, or Anthrax, contracted in any Factory or Workshop, shall
notify the fact to His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories." No
such case came to my notice.