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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
other children. The only way in which Diphtheria could
be stamped out would, it seems to me, be by the periodical
medical inspection of all children attending schools. Otherwise
there will always be a certain number of infectious
throat cases attending school to the danger of other
children.
Enteric Fever.
31 cases were notified, and there were 5 deaths,
as against 33 cases and 4 deaths in 1895. As
regards the probable cause of these eases, 5 were
feeling ill when they came into the parish from places outside
it, one was certified not to be Enteric, and in 11 some
drainage defect was found of a more or less serious character.
In the other instances no fault could be found with the
sanitary condition of the premises, but in many of them
the sufferer only slept at home and was working and
having meals in other parts of London during the day.

There was also a case of Continued Fever notified
in October.
Puerperal
Fever.
One case, was notified ending in death.
Erysipelas-
There were 75 cases notified, and there were
three deaths.
Measles.
No less than 35 deaths were due to this
disease, the largest number of any year in the
decade. The two previous years were characterised by