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Three deaths were registered in private dwellings and 51 in
the South-Eastern Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital.
During the year 1897 eight deaths were registered in private
dwellings, and 69 in the Hospital.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. There were 386
notification certificates received, of these 3 had been notified
twice, and 6 were returned by the Hospital Authorities as not
Diphtheria. For the previous year, 1897, 473 cases were notified.
Of the deaths from Diphtheria 13 were registered as occurring
in private houses, and 117 in the Hospital; whilst for the year
1897, 25 deaths occurred in private houses, and 123 in the
Hospital, and for the year 1896, no less than 44 deaths occurred
in private houses, and 146 in the Hospital.
Fever. —This term includes Typhoid or Enteric, Typhus,
Simple or Continued, and ill-defined forms of Fever to which 41
deaths were attributed : 7 occurring in outlying Institutions, 6 in
private dwellings in the District, and 28 in the South-Eastern
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospital.
Certificates of Notification were received to the number of
105; of these 102 were Typhoid or Enteric Fever; of them 4
cases were notified twice, and 3 were reported by the Hospital
Authorities as not Typhoid. A case of Typhus was reported as
occurring in the Hospital, the patient being a resident Nurse ; and
2 cases of Continued Fever were reported. For the year 1897,
114 cases were notified, and 47 deaths were registered.
Erysipelas.—154 cases were reported, 1 was noted three
times, and 4 were notified twice.