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SMALL POX.
Only one case of Small Pox was notified during the year, and
that occurred in December. The patient, a young man of 28, a
chemist's assistant, was removed from his lodgings in the Broadway
to the Infectious Diseases Hospital. The case was extremely
mild, and the patient recovered.
All enquiries failed to elicit the origin of the disease.
Every precaution was taken to prevent the spread of the
disease, and all persons who were known to have been in contact
with the sufferer were re-vaccinated.
SCARLET FEVER.
Scarlet Fever has been present during the whole year. The
greater number of cases occurred during the months of January,
February and March (see Table 2), when 41 cases were notified,
but most of these were secondary cases after the epidemic of last
year.
The total number of cases notified was 93, of which 71 were
treated in the Infectious Diseases Hospital, and the remainder in
their own homes. There were no deaths from this disease during
the year.
In October Mrs. Penfold, of 25, De Burgh Road, was summoned
at the Wimbledon Police Court for failing to notify her two
children as suffering from Scarlet Fever. The Bench inflicted a
fine of £1, i.e., ten shillings in each case.
DIPHTHERIA.
Forty-three cases were notified during the year, and ten
proved fatal, against 37 in the preceding year, and 3 deaths.
Of these 27 were treated in the Infectious Diseases Hospital,
of which 6 died and 21 recovered.
The remaining 16 were treated in their own homes, and of
these 4 proved fatal.