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(c) Issuing of special leaflets or posters during the summer,
dealing with (1) precautions to be taken against summer
diarrhœa, (2) the danger of the areas of infection and the
contamination of food by flies, (3) the importance of
removing at once all accumulations of refuse and other
offensive matters from the neighbourhood of dwellings,
(4) the value of cleanliness generally, &c.
Epidemic Influenza.
During 1915, 85 deaths were registered from epidemic influenza
—54 in the first quarter, 15 in the second, 7 in the third, and 9 in the
fourth, the annual averages for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish)
and 1901-1910 (Borough) being 107.5 and 53.2, respectively.
3.—" Contacts "and " Suspects."
During 1915 many "contacts" or "suspects" were watched
in connection with different diseases, as follow:—
(a) Smallpox.
14 smallpox "contacts," who arrived from abroad (Rangoon,
Barcelona, Austria, Alexandria, and Flushing) per SS. "Burma,"
"Onward," "Victoria," "Invicta," and "Mecklinburgh," respectively;
and 25 smallpox "contacts" (War Belgium Refugees),
connected with a case of smallpox (a charwoman) at the Earl's Court
Camp.
(b) Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
4 typhoid or enteric fever "contacts," who arrived from
abroad (Boulogne, Calais, Vienna and Dieppe), per SS. "Onward,"
"The Queen," "Invicta," and "Sussex," respectively.
(c) Typhus Fever.
2 typhus fever "contacts," who arrived from abroad (Montenegro
and Servia), per SS. "Victoria."
(d) Plague.
1 plague "contact" who arrived from abroad (Bombay), per
SS. "Umtata."
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