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The reply of the Local Government Board to the request for an
enquiry may be gathered from the following extract from a letter
received on this subject on December 19th, 1903.
"In reply to the request of the Borough Council that this
Board should cause an enquiry to be made as to the sources of
the watercress supplied in the Metropolis in relation to the
causation of disease, I am to state that the Board learn that the
London County Council have had Dr. Warry's report under
consideration, and have instructed their Medical Officer of
Health to institute an enquiry into the subject."
"In the circumstances it does not appear to be necessary for
the Board to take any action with regard to it at the present
time."
Until the report of the County Medical Officer of Health is
presented, nothing further can he done except to watch the incidence
of typhoid in relation to the consumption of watercress.
Typhus.—There was no case of this disease notified in the
Borough during 1903.
Continued Fever.—Five cases of fever were notified under this
name during the year, one being in Central Hackney and four in
the South-East Sub-districts. Two were removed to Hospital. There
was no death recorded under this head during 1903.
Puerperal Fever.—There was 21 cases of puerperal fever
notified in the Borough during 1903. The deaths numbered nine
which is equivalent to a mortality of 43 per cent of the cases
notified. The attack rate is 3.4 per 1000 births and mortality 1.4
per 1000 births.
Plague.—No case of plague occurred in the Borough of Hackney
during 1903.