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Exposure of an Infected, Person. —At their meeting held on
the 20th March, the Health Committee considered the case of
C. T., of — Kathleen Road, who, on the 13th March, was
allowed to be exposed in a public place whilst suffering from
Diphtheria, and the Committee gave the necessary instructions
for proceedings to be taken in the matter. Upon a subsequent
interview with the medical attendant, however, it was ascertained
that, although the parents were not acting under his
authority, yet he was of opinion that the patient had then
recovered and was not infectious. The Committee therefore
approved of a cautionary letter being addressed to the parents.
Mortality.—The deaths from Diphtheria during the year
numbered twenty-nine; nineteen of these occurred in hospital,
and ten amongst the cases treated at home, the fatality rates
being 8.5 and 11.9 per cent, respectively, or together, equal to
9.4 per cent, of the cases notified.
Diphtheria mortality was equal to 0.16 per 1,000 of the
population compared with the rate for the thirty-three great
towns of 0.35 per 1,000 of the population.
Enteric Fever.
This disease again shewed an increase during the year, the
number of cases notified exceeding that of any year since compulsory
notification came into force, being two hundred and five
compared with one hundred and eighteen, representing the annual
average during the preceding ten years. Notwithstanding the
increased prevalence the mortality was however lower than
the preceding year. The following shews the number of cases
notified in Battersea during the years 1890 - 1900 :-