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115

Notified.
Deaths.
1930
763
4
1931
514
3
1932
623
4
1933
1,268
3
1934
748
5
ENTERIC FEVER.
No case of Enteric Fever was notified during the year. The number
of cases notified and the number of deaths during the last five years were
as follows:—
Notified.
Deaths.
1930
2
1
1931
5
1
1932
2
–
1933
6
3
1934
–
–
DIPHTHERIA.
Six hundred cases of this disease were notified, with 21 deaths. The
annual death-rate per 1,000 population was 0.10 for England and Wales;
0.11 for London; and 0.13 for Southwark
Antitoxin is supplied free of charge and 27 phials of 8,000 units have
been supplied to Medical Practitioners in the Borough during the year.
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths during the
last five years were as follows—
Notified.
Deaths.
1930
667
17
1931
426
8
1932
448
14
1933
486
12
1934
600
21
SCHICK TESTING AND DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION CLINIC.
This Clinic is held every Thursday afternoon at Sutherland House.
Dr. Porter Smith is the Medical Officer in charge of the session.
The attendances are gradually increasing, 303 persons having attended
during the year.
The number of patients tested and immunised during the last six
years is set out in the following table:—