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In one instance examination was made on account of other cases
occurring subsequent to the first patient's return from hospital—it
proved negative.
Supply of Anti-toxin.—The City Council have made arrangements,
under an Order of the Local Government Board, 1910, whereby
medical practitioners practising in Westminster can obtain a supply of
diphtheria anti-toxin (4,000 units) for poor patients resident in Westminster,
at the following places and times :—
(1) Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co., Beak Street, Regent Street, W.
(Telephone Nos. 8636 Gerrard and 9201 Central; Telegraphic Address—
" Cascara," London).
Monday to Friday inclusive—9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturdays—9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays and Bank Holidays —11 a.m. to 12 noon and
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
(2) Messrs. Heppell & Co., Chemists, of 35, Haymarket and
78, Strand. At any hour of the day and night, except on Sunday night
between midnight and 8 a.m. on Monday.
(3) The Caretaker, Coroner's Court, Horseferry Road, S.W., at any
hour.
There has not been much demand for it, only six tubes having been
supplied, due doubtless to the promptness with which patients suffering
from the illness are removed to hospital.
Typhoid Fever.—The number of cases notified, both in London and
Westminster, show a decline. Of the 31 persons notified in the City 2
were eventually declared not to be so suffering, and 1 case was not
notified, the nature of the disease not being recognised until after death.

Of the 30 actual cases, 16 of the patients contracted the disease
out of London, most of them abroad; of the remaining 14 no definite
history was obtainable in 12 instances, 1 contracted the disease by
attending a person suffering from the complaint, and 1 was suspected
to have been infected from a " carrier " case,