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SCARLET FEVER.
The 674 notifications received during the year related to 649
cases, of these 9 proved to be errors of diagnosis, thus reducing the
nett number of cases to 640. The number of cases during the last
three years was 603, 405 and 501.
The deaths were 16, compared with 9, 11 and 18 in the three
preceding years.
The death rate was 0.13 and for the three preceding years 0.07,
0.09, 0.20.
The rate of mortality in England and Wales was 0.10, in the 76
great towns 0.12, in the 142 smaller towns 0.09, and in the County
of London 0.12.
The cases were distributed as shown in Table No. 3 :—North
Deptford 286, South Deptford 121, Central Deptford 242.
DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANEOUS CROUP.
There were 311 notifications received. Of these, three related
to cases amongst the staff of the South Eastern Hospital, ten were
errors of diagnosis, reducing the number of cases to 290, against 143
for last year.
The deaths registered were 18, and for the three preceding years
9,16 and 45. The rate of mortality was 0.15 per 1,000 of the population,
and for the three preceding years 0.07, 0.14 and 0.40, the
rate in England and Wales was 0.17; in the 76 great provincial
towns 0.19; in the 142 smaller provincial towns 0.17, and in the
County of London 0.14. The cases were distributed as shown in
Table No. 3—North Deptford 94, South Deptford 66, Central Deptford
151.
Bacteriological examinations were made by the Clinical Research
Association of 137 specimens of membrane sent to them, of which 50
were found to be positive and 87 negative.
ENTERIC FEVER.
There were 40 cases notified, of these 3 were returned as errors
of diagnosis, leaving 37 cases, against 30 last year; 35 of the cases
were removed to hospital. It was not possible to trace the source of
infection in any of the cases.
The deaths were 6, in the preceding three years 6, 3, and 11
respectively. The death.rate was equal to an annual rate of 0 05,
and for the preceding three years, 0.05, 0.02 and 0.03.