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Typhus.
There was but one case of this disease during the
year, the patient, a nurse, had been in attendance upon several
cases of sickness at Wellingborough. The case recovered.
Erysipelas.
For some reason this disease has increased during
the last few years in the Metropolis. During 1898
one hundred and seventy-eight cases were notified, of these twentytwo
were removed to hospital, of whom six died. Of the one
hundred and fifty-six remaining at home twelve died. Those
removed were admitted into the Wandsworth and Clapham Union
Infirmary in the majority of instances. The term Erysipelas
covers so many degrees and forms of inflammatory affections, that
no further discussion of the subject would be profitable.
Diarrhœa.
One hundred and sixty-five fatal cases were
registered from this cause alone, the majority being
hand-fed infants. To reduce this mortality the Health Committee
has for some years issued the following handbill during
the hotter months, when disorders of the digestive tract are most
prevalent. It is hoped that much good has been done and many
lives saved by this means, as a notable diminution in the number
of fatal cases has always been manifest after its issue. No case
was notified as Asiatic Cholera.