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A careful inquiry was made as to the source of infection in
each case. In 9 instances it was found that the patient had clearly
been infected outside Hampstead; one of these patients was infected
in Canada, one in the United States, one in Brazil, one in Germany,
and the remainder in various parts of England. In 3 other cases
there was reason to suspect that the infection had been conveyed by
oysters, while one person was infected from a previous case in the
same house in Hampstead.
In the remaining instances the source of infection could not be
definitely traced.
Puerperal Fever.
6 cases were notified, 4 of which proved fatal, as compared with
4 cases and 1 death in 1907.
The ward distribution of the cases is as follows, 3 in Kilburn
and 1 in each of the following:—Town, Central and West End.
Erysipelas.
33 cases were notified, but no death occurred, as compared with
57 cases and 1 death in 1907.
The attack rate per 1,000 of the population was 0.36.
Of the cases notified, 8 or 24 per cent. were removed to
hospital.
Four patients were removed to the Hampstead Workhouse
Infirmary, three to the St. Pancras Infirmary, and one to the Great
Northern Central Hospital.
SEVEN PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases amounted to 38,
and were distributed as follows:—