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561 patients, or 89 per cent. of those notified, were
removed to hospital. The 44 deaths represent a case
mortality of 7.1 per cent. against 9.5 per cent. in
the previous year.
1,280,000 units of antitoxic serum were supplied to
medical practitioners.
Enteric Fever.—25 cases were notified as Enteric
Fever, against 6 in 1919. Of the 4 deaths from Enteric
Fever, one was of a Fulham woman who had been in
Colney Hatch Asylum for some years.
In five instances the patient was infected by a previous
case, the nature of which was not at first
recognised, and there is reason to believe that the
death, attributed to influenza, of another member of
a family in which two cases occurred was due to
typhoid.
Errors in Diagnosis.—Of the patients notified as
suffering from scarlet fever, 18 ; from diphtheria, 21;
and from enteric fever, 4 ; were subsequently found not
to be suffering from those diseases.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.—Five cases were notified,
all after admission to a hospital or infirmary. Four
of the patients died, but in two cases death was certified
as due to pneumococcal meningitis.
Polio-Myelitis.—Two children, who were attending
the West London Hospital as out-patients, were
notified as suffering from polio-myelitis.