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Amongst the 200 cases certified as enteric fever were 20 of
febricula, and 37 of pneumonia.
Remarks on Infectious Diseases.
Smallpox.
No death was registered from this disease during 1896.
Two cases only were notified, one in each parish. The
common lodging-houses, where cases mostly occur, were particularly
free from the disease this year.
Scarlet Fever.
From this disease 10 deaths were registered, three of them
occurring in St. Margaret's parish, and seven in St. John's.
Last year nine deaths occurred from this disease.
With regard to notifications 221 were received, 62 of these
being in St. Margaret's parish and 159 in St. John's parish.
Last year 183 cases were notified, and in 1894,151 notifications
were received, so that there was a considerable increase in the
number of cases notified this year.
The cases in St. Margaret's parish were fairly scattered, the
greatest number of cases, namely seven, occurring at Buckingham
cottages and chambers. In St. John's parish the greatest
number of cases, viz., eleven, occurred at Peabody-buildings,
Old Pye-street; otherwise the cases were well scattered.
Diphtheria.
Twenty deaths were registered from this disease and two
from membranous croup (St. John's parish). Of the 20 deaths
16 occurred in St. John's parish and four in St. Margaret's.
106 cases were notified, plus three from membranous croup
in St. John's parish. Of the 106 cases, 33 were from St.
Margaret's, and 73 from St. John's parish.
Last year there were 15 deaths registered from this disease,
and 104 cases were notified, and in 1894 there were only 72
notifications received.
Return Gases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria from
the Metropolitan Asylums Board Ff.ver Hospitals.
A Sub-committee was appointed by the Managers of the
above-named hospitals to enquire into any evidence bearing on
this subject. In the 1895 report the Sub-committee arrived
at the following conclusions :—
(a) That there was no evidence to show that any appreciable
number of patients admitted to the Board's hospitals during the
past two years had contracted infection from patients previously
discharged therefrom. That there was reason to believe that of
B