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Small-Pox.
It is satisfactory to note that no case of Small-pox was notified
during the year. No deaths have occurred from this complaint in the
Borough since 1902, in which year there were 30 deaths out of a total
of 139 cases; in the next year only two cases were notified with no
deaths. In 1918 one case was notified which ended in recovery.

747 notifications were received during the year 1920, relating to
723 cases. Of these, 12 cases were errors in diagnosis and cases
which occurred in hospital, thus reducing the net number of cases to
711.
The number of cases for 1920 was in excess of that in the previous
year.
The deaths were 2, compared with 9, 3 and 6 in the 3 preceding
years.
The death-rate was 0.02per 1,000, and for the three preceding
years 0.02, 0.03 and 0.05 respectively.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.04, for the 96
great towns 0.04, for the 148 smaller towns 0.03, for the County of
London 0.05 per 1,000.
Seven hundred and one of these cases were removed to hospital,
and previous records show that the percentage of deaths is much
lower if the patient is treated in hospital than if nursed at home.

The total number of notifications received was 321, relating to 315
cases. Of the number notified, 11 were errors of diagnosis, reducing
the number of cases to 304 compared with 261, 240 and 195 for the
previous three years.