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There were 3 cases notified where subsequent observation did not confirm
the diagnosis; they are not included in the above figures.
Return cases.—See section on "Hospitals."
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. I received notifications
of 67 cases during the year, compared with 89, 148 and 131 in 1915-14-13,
and they represent an attack rate of 0.94 per thousand of the population.
There were 4 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.06 per thousand of the population.
One case was mixed with scarlet fever.
There were two duplicate notifications. Ten of the cases were secondary
ones. Four cases occurred amongst the Belgians, and are not included in
the table above; one had mumps and measles preceding the diphtheria.
There were no cases notified from the Edmonton Infirmary who were
not Edmonton residents, nor any former residents.
Return cases.—See section on "Hospitals."
There were 12 cases notified where subsequent observation did not confirm
the diagnosis; they are not included in the above figures.
Antitoxin, in curative doses of 4,000 units and preventive doses of 1,000
units, is supplied free to the practitioners any time during the day or night,
either from the Town Hall or (when this is closed) the former can be had
from our fire stations.
Enterie Fever. 6 cases were notified, as against 5, 17, and 8 in
1915-14-13. This is equal to an attack rate of 0.08 per thousand of the
population. There were 3 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.04 per thousand
of the population.
There were no secondary cases. There were no cases amongst the Belgians.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis. Seven cases were notified by
ten notifications; three were doubly notified. One was a Tottenham boy in
Edmonton Infirmary. Our own six were scattered over the area. No deaths
took place.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
There were two notifications received, one from Great Ormond Street
and the other from Tottenham Hospital; besides a soldier at the Military
Hospital, whose last private address was in Finchley. The girl, of 1½ years,
and the boy, of 3 years, lived far apart.